Cancel China’s Purchase of UK Computer Chip Fab

Cancel China’s Purchase of UK Computer Chip Fab
Workers producing LED chips at a factory in Huaian city, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on June 16, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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China is about to acquire ownership of Britain’s largest computer chip design and manufacturing facility (known as a “fab”) for the low price of $87 million this week, according to CNBC sources. As is typical in such deals, Beijing seeks control over the fab, and as much of its technology as possible, through gradualism and layers of front companies. In selling the fab, the UK is not living up to its responsibilities as a democratic ally.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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