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Inside Wuhan’s Secretive National Biosafety Lab
Inside Wuhan’s Secretive National Biosafety Lab

Experts raised concerns about the Wuhan lab during an accreditation process - concerns that were amplified after the Covid-19 pandemic spread from the same city

Poor data keeps stocks subdued as oil rises
Poor data keeps stocks subdued as oil rises

Trade of the Day: Stocks decline on downbeat economic news; credit outlook improves as central banks flood markets with...

Markets side with Bernanke over Trump
Markets side with Bernanke over Trump

(ATF) – The Bernanke “put” used to underpin US markets when the ex-Fed chair administered US quantitative easing. Ben...

PBOC changing to an online licensing system
Yongtai Energy bond defaults saga continues
China’s foreign exchange reserves fall 1.5% to $3.06trn in March
Hebei issues 24-bn yuan of govt bonds
Oil prices rebound as Opec meeting looms
China ‘should not give stimulus funds for coal plants’
Markets watchful ahead of key oil meet

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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