IGCC's SITC Bulletin, August 6, 2015

China News Digest for July 30 - August 5, 2015

The Chips Are Up

In 2014, China spent more on importing chips than importing oil, investing more than $231 billion, according to Xinhua News Agency. Helping domestic manufacturers to gain the technology to build smartphones is essential to maintaining the country's overall economic development and global competitiveness. Chinese takeover of U.S. tech firms could prove beneficial to both countries, but will political concerns complicate things?

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