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China's leaders say tech growth top priority amid US tension

by Joe McDONALD
| December 19, 2020 12:06 AM

BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party called Friday for faster technology development to increase the country's economic independence amid tensions with Washington that have disrupted access to computer chips and other high-tech components.

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