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Taiwan weighs criminal ban on AI chip exports to all of China — stricter measures beyond blacklisted firms would make smuggling servers a crime

… Go deeper with TH Premium: Taiwan, trade, and tariffs China's latest round of rare-earth export controls explained Analyzing Washington's new AI accelerator export rules U.S. government plans tariff exemptions for TSMC Nvidia wants China's market share to secure the future of CUDA in the region Tai… …

Jun 9, 2026 · Luke James

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US closes loophole that allowed Chinese-owned subsidiaries located outside China to buy AI chips — report claims that hundreds of thousands of advanced AI chips have been acquired through BIS blind spot

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Jun 1, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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Chinese military has been acquiring Nvidia chips, even post-Washington export controls, research claims — multiple institutions linked to the PLA asked for Nvidia AI chips, according to publicly available documents

… Even Supermicro’s co-founder, Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw has been accused of smuggling $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia AI servers to China . On the other hand, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has always been against export controls . …

Jun 2, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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China claims chip exports nearly doubled to $177 billion in the first half of 2026 as memory prices surged — 96% year-on-year increase inflated by hikes

… The half-year value figure implies an average of roughly $0.99 per exported chip, which reflects the composition of China's IC exports: memory, power management, microcontrollers, and other mature-node parts, along with chips packaged and tested in China for re-export, rather than advanced processo… …

Jul 14, 2026 · Luke James
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Nvidia employee detained in Taiwan as part of chip smuggling probe — held on suspicion of falsifying business documents, company says smuggling 'a nonstarter'

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Jul 28, 2026 · Luke James
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Supermicro says it assisted Taiwanese authorities in server smuggling bust that led to three arrests — company issues statement on working with US, Taiwan to block illicit diversion of servers to China

… In March, the Trump Administration proposed a strict licensing system for advanced AI hardware exports , and some U.S. senators have called on a wholesale ban on export licenses for Nvidia hardware to China, as well as several other south-east Asian countries including Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietn… …

May 28, 2026 · Jake Roach
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Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech

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May 30, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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Microsoft says physical discs should not have stopped working during the Xbox outage — clarifies issue with entitlement checks that failed to read licenses correctly, update on the way

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Jul 29, 2026 · Hassam Nasir