US Senate passes bill to counter China tech
The US Senate has approved a $250bn spending plan to boost tech research and production.
The US Senate has approved a $250bn spending plan to boost tech research and production. It's aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the sector, Scott Kennedy, the senior advisor and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies give us more details. Also in the programme, the Nigerian government’s ban on the use of Twitter has run into widespread opposition in the country. Nicholas Ibekwe is head of investigations at Premium Times, and explains the background to the dispute. Plus, the ±«Óătv’s Laura Bicker reports from Thailand on the challenges young people there face in making a living, in the absence of the country’s vital tourism sector, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
(Picture: A silicon wafer. Picture credit: IBM via Reuters.)
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