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China factory rebound boosts markets
China factory rebound boosts markets

(ATF) Hong Kong: Asian financial markets were broadly higher on Wednesday after a rebound in...

PBoC lowers refinancing, rediscount rates
PBoC lowers refinancing, rediscount rates

(ATF) China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), has decided to lower the refinancing and rediscount interest...

New laws on website marketing, live online broadcasts
New laws on website marketing, live online broadcasts

(ATF) While media attention was focused on the new national security law imposed in Hong Kong today, a...

Will HKD-USD peg survive escalating China-US tensions?
Data from Asia’s two biggest economies boosts markets
China bemused and bewildered by India’s app ban
Company Report: China Communications, Everbright Bank, China Minsheng Bank, BOC Fudeng Rural Bank
Dragon Boat Festival boosts tourism, online consumption
Yuan shakes off new virus cluster in NE China’s Hebei province
‘Creating financial disorder’ is now a crime in China

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors