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Beijing’s quest for chip independence is made in Taiwan

This is the web version of Eastworld, Fortune’s newsletter focused on business and technology in Asia. Subscribe here to get future editions in your inbox. On Monday, we learned that China’s economy roared back to a pre-pandemic growth rate of 6.5% in the final quarter of last year, pushing expansion for the full year to 2.3%. That […]

Experts “extremely worried” about Delta variant as US death toll hits 600,000

Enlarge / Combat medics from Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps vaccinate members of the public at a rapid vaccination centre, set up outside Bolton Town Hall on June 09, 2021 in Bolton, England. (credit: Getty | Christopher Furlong ) By many metrics, the US is currently doing relatively well against the pandemic coronavirus. National […]

Hong Kong’s Traveling bubble Pops as Town enters fourth Tide of COVID-19

Hong Kong’s much vaunted strategy to get a”traveling bubble” permitting passengers to fly quarantine-free into Singapore went bankrupt on Saturday, the day before it was likely to start, since Hong Kong counted 43 new instances of coronavirus–clutching town on its fourth tide of their COVID-19 pandemic. “In light of this situation at Hong Kong, I […]