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	Asia Daily Briefing - Putting its chips on China December 21, 2018

	Exclusive: Foxconn plans  $9bn China chip project  amid trade war TAIPEI/OSAKA -- Attracted by   massive subsidies and a desire  to ease its reliance on Apple, top iPhone assembler Foxconn is  preparing to launch an $8.7  billion chipmaking project in  China. The move comes as the  Taiwanese company tries to  tread a delicate path between Washington and Beijing,  which are locked in a bitter trade war.
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