The final chip challenge: Can China build its own ASML?

The final chip challenge: Can China build its own ASML?

In southeastern Beijing, engineers at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s top chipmaker, are working around the clock to expand the output of 14-nanometer and even 7-nm chips, just a few generations behind the world’s leading chipmakers. Being able to make such advanced chips at all is a major breakthrough for a company that has been…

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Apple Slips As China Smartphone Shipments Fall

Apple Slips As China Smartphone Shipments Fall

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) slipped to fifth as China smartphone shipments dropped 4% in Q2. China’s smartphone market shipped 69 million units in Q2, down 4% year over year after six consecutive quarters of growth, according to preliminary IDC data. Apple shipped 9.6 million iPhones, down 1.3% year over year, holding a 13.9% market share compared with…

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Russia, Iran and China intensifying life-threatening operations in UK, police say

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Russia, Iran and China are behind a growing number of life-threatening operations in Britain including attacks and kidnappings, often deploying criminals and sometimes children as proxies, two senior British police officers said on Tuesday. The British authorities in recent years have repeatedly voiced concern at what they said was malign…

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