News analysis
China is winning the trillion-dollar 5G war
Build-up will help it gain renewed leverage in manufacturing
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Anjani Trivedi
China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week.
Whether it wins technological dominance or not, domestic supply chains may be revived and allow the country to maintain - and advance - its position as the factory floor of the world, even as Covid-19 forces a rethink in how globalisation is done.
