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More than 5G equipment: A glance at Huawei’s businesses
More than 5G equipment: A glance at Huawei’s businesses

In 2019, it was ranked 61st among all the Fortune 500 companies and 15th among its compatriots...

AIIB prices debut panda bond with 3-billion-yuan issue
AIIB prices debut panda bond with 3-billion-yuan issue

(ATF) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has priced its debut 3-billion-yuan panda bond offering as investors swarmed to...

Investors eye opportunities for post-coronavirus gains
Investors eye opportunities for post-coronavirus gains

(ATF) The coronavirus pandemic is far from over but financial markets are already looking at opportunities that the...

Online microfinance available in 10 minutes in Beijing
Jobs-creation plan hoped to lift Uighurs from poverty
Auto market grows in May
Global defaults at a decade high: S&P
Oil plunge halts China price stability mechanism
Chinese economy to ‘rebound’ in H2
Fools’ bets on break of Hong Kong dollar peg to greenback likely to fail

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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