GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says he would let China invade Taiwan so long as the US has got enough semiconductors

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2024 presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a Fair Side Chat with Governor Kim Reynolds, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 12, 2023.

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The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.

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President Joe Biden with Mark Liu, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chair.

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A key Chinese shadow bank has missed payments on dozens of investments, and it shows just how bad things are in the world's second-largest economy

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China is mired in a real-estate crisis.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accidentally ate hallucinogenic mushrooms in China

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to reporters during her trip to China.

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says China's slump has spillover risks but her US outlook is still positive

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Janet Yellen and White House Advisor John Podesta attend a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 10, 2014.

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China made the deepest cut since 2020 to a key interest rate before posting a disappointing July report card

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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The hits keep coming for China's economy — its July report card missed expectations and it altogether omitted youth unemployment stats from the announcement

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The hits keep coming for China's economy — its July report card missed expectations and it altogether omitted youth unemployment stats from the announcement.

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Those desperate to break the deadlock in Ukraine are hoping China will turn on Russia. They shouldn't hold their breath.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during an official welcome ceremony at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during an official welcome ceremony at The Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry reveals bets against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 — and sweeping changes to his stock portfolio

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Michael Burry.

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A feud is heating up between Arizona workers and the world's leading chipmaker after the company said the US didn't have the skills to build its new factory

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C. C. Wei, President Joe Biden, and Mark Liu walk together.
US President Joe Biden walks with the CEO of TSMC, C. C. Wei, and its chairman, Mark Liu, during a visit to TSMC's first Arizona Fab (semiconductor fabrication plant) in Phase 1A in December 2022.

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