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Investors pause ahead of PMI data, Trump response
Investors pause ahead of PMI data, Trump response

Hong Kong: Financial markets turned defensive ahead of US President Donald Trump’s press conference on China today (tonight Asia...

Insights into China’s new civil code
Insights into China’s new civil code

(ATF) The Chinese Government has finally completed years of work drafting a Civil Code, something akin to a Bill of...

Chinese insurers can now invest in bonds
Chinese insurers can now invest in bonds

(ATF) Chinese insurance funds can invest in secondary capital bonds issued by banks and capital bonds with no...

US layoffs exceed 40m but some are returning to work
Bonds to help China partly rebuild its Grand Canal
Investors brace for Trump’s China reaction
Yuan back from the brink? Too early to tell.
Asian surge powered by Japan, Australia as HK slips
SZSE issues first foreigners ownership warnings
PBoC pumps another 240bn yuan into market

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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