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WeChat launches personal credit rating for 600m users
WeChat launches personal credit rating for 600m users

(ATF) In major news, WeChat Pay has announced a change to its 600 million users. It will now be...

Markets lifted as China, Japan signal support
Markets lifted as China, Japan signal support

(ATF) Hong Kong: Financial markets have bounced back as the death rate has fallen in many countries and...

China monetary policy reports, new loans signal more easing ahead
China monetary policy reports, new loans signal more easing ahead

(ATF) The Peoples’ Bank of China (PBoC) released its First-Quarter Monetary Policy Report (MPR) on Sunday and the April new...

CITIC Bank probed over client data leak
Geely to launch new cars as sales recover
Oil down in Asia after big gains last week
Crisis costing Swiss economy $11-17 bn per month
This week: Eyes on US after bad jobs data, PBoC vows more reforms
Court jails 16 for 53-bn-yuan bond ‘Ponzi scheme’
Markets edge higher, price in gloomy jobs data

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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