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China Drone Maker, Genomics Firm, Others Added to US Blacklist
China Drone Maker, Genomics Firm, Others Added to US Blacklist

Thirteen Chinese firms have been added to a blacklist that bars US investment, including DJI Technology, Dahua Technology and BGI Genomics.

South Korean Chipmakers Seen Avoiding US Chip Crackdown
South Korean Chipmakers Seen Avoiding US Chip Crackdown

New US export restrictions will target China-based producers of DRAM chips, but Samsung and SK Hynix are likely to get more leeway from US regulators, sources say

The China Tech Giants Chasing $8 Trillion of Metaverse Gold
The China Tech Giants Chasing $8 Trillion of Metaverse Gold

China’s biggest technology companies – Tencent, ByteDance, NetEase and Alibaba – are racing to stake a claim in the booming virtual world

Huawei to Relaunch 5G Phone Despite US Sanctions – FT
China Ditched Tacit Agreement on Taiwan Strait: Minister
SoftBank Seen Not Proposing Arm Investment To Samsung
Apple Asks Suppliers to Shift More Production to India – Nikkei
China’s Chip Industry Struggling to Draw New Students – SCMP
Musk U-Turn: Ready to Buy Twitter if it Drops Legal Case
Apple CEO Tim Cook Voices Doubts About Metaverse – Verge

Fintech: The Big Picture

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