Computer chip shortage, corporate America caught between US and China
The boom in Bitcoin mining is having an unintended consequence: it has driven up the cost of computer chips. Plus, the FT’s US-China correspondent, Demetri Sevastopulo, explains how China’s repressive treatment of its Uyghur Muslims is affecting Wester...
FT News Briefing · Forhecz Topher
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Show Notes
The boom in Bitcoin mining is having an unintended consequence: it has driven up the cost of computer chips. Plus, the FT’s US-China correspondent, Demetri Sevastopulo, explains how China’s repressive treatment of its Uyghur Muslims is affecting Western brands who do business in the country.
Bitcoin mining boom adds to chip price inflation
https://www.ft.com/content/d5c121c8-aefc-48d5-a3bf-6e581ccb5762
Western brands caught between US and China over human rights
https://www.ft.com/content/a0be4094-2aba-4275-a3ca-ec5e58cc5032?
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