How SoftBank's sale of Arm China sowed the seeds of discord

Terms of 2018 deal left UK parent Arm with little control over local unit

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Arm's biggest customer in China is Huawei, the Chinese tech group that is the object of an increasing U.S. crackdown over security concerns. © EPA/Jiji

CHENG TING-FANG, LAULY LI, and MICHELLE CHAN, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- British chip designer Arm Limited has found itself in an extraordinary public row with its own Chinese subsidiary in recent days, with the two sides at loggerheads over a decision to shake up the management of the unit.

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