China bans new video games
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Addiction to Go, OK. Addition to World of Warcraft less so

Chinese authorities have banned all new video games from being released indefinitely, as the government attempts to tackle what it calls gaming addiction in the under-18s.

Chinese work out how to make electronics break down
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Changing the plastics process


Chinese boffins have worked out a way of making plastics involved in electronics break down if they are exposed to sunlight or oxygen.

ASML Holding is caught in China and US trade war
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US leaning on the Dutch to prevent the Chinese from getting the tech

ASML has become a pawn in the game of thrones between China and the US.

Bitcoin mining just became easier and more profitable
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Thanks to China thar's gold in them thar hills

The Chinese crackdown on bitcoin miners might have caused the price to fall, but it just made mining more lucrative for the rest of the world.

Belgium government's IT bought down by DDoS attack
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China suspected 

Most of the Belgium government's IT network has been down today after a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack knocked offline both internal systems and public-facing websites.

US politicians want to restrict sales of chip making tools to China
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Similar to Huawei attacks

Congressional China hawks are urging the Biden administration to restrict sales of chip making tools to Chinese companies.

US wants to blacklist Chinese supercomputing entities now
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The only way we can stay ahead is if we take away their abacus 

The US Commerce Department has added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to a US economic blacklist for assisting Chinese military efforts.

China makes official digital cash
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Official thumbs up from the creators of paper money

The nation which invented paper currency is now minting cash digitally.

China fines 12 big tech companies
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Playing monopoly is not good socialism

China’s market watchdog has fined 12 companies related to 10 deals that violated anti-monopoly rules.

ASML sells chipmaking gear to China
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US miffed

ASML has extended a deal to sell chip manufacturing equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing International China’s largest chipmaker, until the end of this year.