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How China plans to lead the computer chip industry

Geoff Riley

19th November 2019

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Part of the BBC Rivals series, this clip looks at how China is looking to diversify its economy and engage in import substitution, by producing its own, high quality, computer chips.

The difficulty is that many experts think it will struggle to match the advances made by its rivals in this field, notably Qualcomm. At the moment there is no Chinese chip manufacturer to rival the world leading providers from Silicon Valley.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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