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China Loads Up On US Chip Tools Via Southeast Asia Amid Supply Chain Shift
China Loads Up On US Chip Tools Via Southeast Asia Amid Supply Chain Shift
China's imports of chipmaking equipment from Malaysia and Singapore rose sharply in 2025 to surpass those from the US, which sank to an eight-year low, an analysis by Nikkei Asia has found - even as American companies remain a vital source of advanced tools for the country.
While the Netherlands and Japan remain China's primary foreign sources of critical semiconductor manufacturing machines by shipment origin, imports from the two Southeast Asian countries reached record levels: $5.7 billion...
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