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Billionaire founder of Alibaba is taking a well-earned break after a year in which his e-commerce companies had to undergo major restructuring on the orders of Chinese regulators
Big-name customers are beating on the doors of companies like Unisem to lock in take-or-pay, longer-term deals – and ready to pay more if they have to.
Singapore has long relied on financial services to fuel its economy. Now it faces a critical moment in its battle with Hong Kong to be Asia’s 21st-century financial superpower
Network will be used by more than 40% of personal mobile phone users by 2023
Economists polled by Reuters expect Taiwan's exports rose further in September after hitting $53bn in August
The platform was the only major US-owned social network operating in the country, where Beijing demands they obey strict rules and regulations
New factory likely to use older chipmaking equipment to hasten opening and begin easing global semiconductor shortage
Hyundai temporarily suspended work in some factories, but now wants to develop its own chips to reduce reliance on chipmakers to prevent supply problems in the future.
Chinese billionaire has kept a low profile since giving a speech in Shanghai last year criticising financial regulators. Ant was forced to drop its IPO and has undergone a major rejig.
The former US Air Force scientist said he was “angry” at the pace of development in the US, arguing that AI was more vital to US interests than military hardware
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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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