Despite the prolonged U.S.-China trade tensions and Covid-19’s ravaging effects on the economy, China’s tech sector continues to grow, thanks to the nation’s push for tech self-reliance. As a result, China’s tech sector currently has an R&D war chest totaling US$616 billion — and with that, continued investments in blockchain technology, according to a study on the major trends shaping the world’s largest digital economy. Image: SCMP The China Internet Report 2020, released today by the South China Morning Post, found that China’s e-commerce companies have raised a collective $2.1…