Corruption Is Destroying Communist China’s Dream of Dominating Chip Industry

Trillions of investments fuelled corruption

Smartphone chip component circuits are handled by a worker at the Oppo factory in Dongguan, on May 8, 2017. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images

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It appears China’s national chipmaking campaign is coming to an end, with huge investments drained and key figures in the semiconductor industry arrested recently.