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Probe Finds Loopholes Fuel China’s Chipmaking Industry

China is stockpiling chip tech to build out a supply chain as international restrictions close in. Lawmakers say the U.S. should not concede this ‘chokepoint.’
Probe Finds Loopholes Fuel China’s Chipmaking Industry
Semiconductor chips on a circuit board of a computer, in this illustration picture taken on Feb. 25, 2022. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters File Photo
Catherine Yang
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The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party stated on Oct. 7 that key semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) companies have sold China the tech it needs to fuel its military modernization on a “large-scale” basis.

The lawmakers released a report on Oct. 7 that highlights how China remains one of the biggest customers in the chips supply chain despite years of increasing restrictions.
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.