US Lawmakers Call for Risk Assessment of China’s Photonic Chipmakers

The House Select Committee on the CCP said Beijing may use the technology to ’redefine' battle lines in its chips competition with the United States.
US Lawmakers Call for Risk Assessment of China’s Photonic Chipmakers
The Department of Commerce building in Washington on April 10, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has urged the Commerce Department to find ways to protect U.S. photonic chip technologies from Chinese threats and competition.

In a letter dated Oct. 27, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said the technology “has the potential to upend the semiconductor industry and redefine battlelines” in China’s technological competition with the United States, “rendering moot” the Biden administration’s export control rules on chips and “creating a critical chokepoint for future semiconductor supply chains.”
Lily Zhou
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Lily Zhou is an Ireland-based reporter covering China news for The Epoch Times.
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