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The accounts included several Indian journalists, Canadian poet Rupi Kaur and BBC News' Punjab bureau
Macron has flown in with a 50-strong business delegation, while Von der Leyen has said the EU must move to cut risks in its trade ties with Beijing
Analysts say Samsung’s chip division likely reported quarterly losses of more than $2.3 billion due to falling memory chip prices and lower inventory values
Merger reviews have become an additional tool for Beijing in its tit-for-tat fight with Washington over access to advanced technology
Beijing urges the World Trade Organization to scrutinse export restrictions imposed by the US, Netherlands and Japan on companies that make advanced computer chips
Alibaba's shares have soared over 14% since the company's break-up plan announcement and $1.7bn in foreign cash has flowed into China's markets
The Cyberspace Administration of China said it would conduct a security review of Micron's products sold in the country
Russia's central bank has been calling for companies and citizens to move assets into rouble or 'friendly' currencies to avoid the risk of them being blocked or frozen amid sanctions over war in Ukraine
With Australia's ban, all members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network have banned the short video app from government devices
Japan has seen its share of the global microchip market crash from 50% in the late 1980s to around 10% now
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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
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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