https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nxp-semicondtrs-m-a-qualcomm-china/china-commerce-ministry-declines-to-comment-on-whether-qualcomm-deal-approved-idUSKBN1KG0UE >China's commerce ministry declined on Thursday to comment on whether or not Qualcomm Inc's deal to buy NXP Semiconductors had been approved, after a deadline for approving the deal passed without an announcement, and with Qualcomm having said it would drop its bid for the Dutch firm.