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Tech cold war: South Korea pivots from China to US
Washington is courting chipmakers and battery manufacturers with large subsidies but demanding they loosen ties with their other major market.
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China has hit back at US-led restrictions on semiconductor sales by restricting exports of gallium and germanium.
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Christian Davies
President Xi Jinping’s tour of an LG Display factory in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, his first to a Korean-owned company, was widely interpreted as an attempt to signal that China remains a friendly partner for Korean technology companies.
But the visit, in April, also carried a hint of menace and highlighted South Korea’s tricky position between China and the United States, its two biggest trading partners and opposing parties in an increasingly tense technology war.
