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China Mourns Former Premier Whose Death Hovers Over Xi Jinping
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Controversial Chip in Huawei Phone Produced on ASML Machine
Bloomberg: China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) used equipment from Europe’s ASML Holding NV to create an advanced processor for a Huawei smartphone, raising alarms in the U.S. Despite existing export restrictions
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Bloomberg: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the country’s central bank for the first time in his ten years in power. Along with Vice Premier He Lifeng and other government officials, he visited
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