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The back-end segment of the chip industry, involving testing, assembly and packaging, is booming in Vietnam as companies shift away from China
Billionaire who founded battery giant CATL has plans to develop 'zero carbon' power grids, a business that could be far bigger than his EV battery operations
CATL founder Robin Zeng confirms battery licensing deals with Tesla and Ford, but US lawmakers may not allow a Chinese battery plant in the US given tense trade ties
The world's biggest cryptocurrency soared to $89,982 on Tuesday amid hope for a crypto-friendly Trump Administration in the US next year.
Court said worker printed about 4,000 pages of technical documents on chipmaking 'solutions' just before she quit to work for Huawei. She was jailed for 18 months and fined.
Alibaba said sales of dozens of brands topped a billion yuan, while JD.com said sales were up 20% on 2023, helped by a state subsidy scheme for new appliances launched in July
The world's top chipmaker faces limits on what chips it can make in the US at a time when the incoming Trump Administration could put increasing production-related demands on it
New PM's next tests are an extra budget, seeing if he can meet Trump on his way to the G20 next week, while the BOJ ponders climate risks and a carbon tax
World's top carmaker plans to transfer greater responsibility to local staff who have a better grasp of the market, particularly around EVs and connected car tech
Battery materials firm GEM in deal with PT Vale Indonesia on a plant to secure nickel, while Tencent and Alibaba will develop cloud infrastructure. Jakarta gave no ground on China's sea claims.
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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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