China's tech crackdown has focused on consumer-facing internet companies, perhaps because Xi believes hard tech like chipmaking is more geopolitically important (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)

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China's tech crackdown has focused on consumer-facing internet companies, perhaps because Xi believes hard tech like chipmaking is more geopolitically important  —  Maybe because what countries think of as a “tech industry” isn't always the same  —  Those who pay attention to business news …

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