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.’

Semiconductor chips on a circuit board of a computer, in this illustration picture taken on Feb. 25, 2022. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters File Photo

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.