China’s spending on research and development rose to a record high last year as Beijing moves to become more self-sufficient in areas such as chip development. China’s National Bureau of Statistics said that research and development spending rose to 2.44 trillion yuan ($378 billion) in 2020, up more than 10% when compared with a year earlier. That comes despite the Covid-19 pandemic, which...
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