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Freezing Weather Disrupts New Year Trips Home by Millions of Chinese
Freezing Weather Disrupts New Year Trips Home by Millions of Chinese

Hundreds of trains have been delayed or suspended, and throngs of passengers stranded at railway stations by blistering cold in Hunan and Hubei provinces

China’s Small Exporters Being Crushed by Falling Prices
China’s Small Exporters Being Crushed by Falling Prices

With producer prices falling for 15 months, industrial output and millions of jobs are at risk – compounding China's economic woes

Huawei Smartphone Output Hit, As Demand Soars For AI Chips
Huawei Smartphone Output Hit, As Demand Soars For AI Chips

Chinese tech giant has been forced to prioritize AI chips over production of chips for its premium Mate 60 smartphones, sources say, as they are made at the same facility

Hang Seng Dips on Gloomy China Outlook, Weak Yen Lifts Nikkei
Critics Say China’s ‘National Team’ Can’t Fix Its Sinking Markets
Alibaba to Offload Grocery, Hypermarket Chains in E-Comm Push
China’s WuXi Stocks Plunge on Fears Over US Biotech Bill
US Research Group Sues Japan’s Chip Materials Maker JSR
China Markets Hit 6-Year Lows, Nikkei Follows Wall St Rally
Missing Banker Bao Fan Resigns From China Renaissance – CNN

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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