{"id":223314,"date":"2026-01-08T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/223314\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:17:11","slug":"tech-war-china-semiconductor-expert-suggests-vigilance-in-buying-nvidias-h200-ai-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/223314\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech war: China semiconductor expert suggests vigilance in buying Nvidia\u2019s H200 AI chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe US\u2019 inconsistent stance on advanced chips \u2013 alternating between limited easing and renewed pressure \u2013 has left users struggling to discern its true strategic intent,\u201d Wei, vice-president at the China Semiconductor Industry Association, said in an interview with the Global Times.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wei, who also serves as a professor at <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/tsinghua-university?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tsinghua University<\/a> and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/peking-university?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peking University<\/a>, China\u2019s semiconductor industry must remain highly vigilant of US export controls, while continuing to drive self-sufficiency in advanced chip development.While admitting that importing advanced computing products could help address short-term demand from areas that include scientific research, healthcare and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/smart-cities?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">smart cities<\/a>, he said: \u201cChina\u2019s determination to adhere to independent innovation should not waver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to Nvidia chief financial officer Colette Kress, the US chip developer has applied for licences to sell the H200 chips to China, but was waiting for approvals from the US and other governments to ship them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wei Shaojun, vice-president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association. Photo: Sina\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9ba12ba6-51a4-44d1-9aa9-598e0f8c966d_77c66560.jpg\" title=\"Wei Shaojun, vice-president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association. Photo: Sina\"\/>Wei Shaojun, vice-president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association. Photo: Sina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe US\u2019 inconsistent stance on advanced chips \u2013 alternating between limited easing and renewed pressure \u2013 has left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,4177,610,121213,133784,133786,65,94864,133785,127739,66323,18973,111,139,1042,69,1710,8877,54785,145,613,33381,3040,133783],"class_list":["post-223314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-beijing","tag-bytedance","tag-ces","tag-china-semiconductor-industry-association","tag-colette-kress","tag-donald-trump","tag-douyin","tag-global-times","tag-graphics-processing-units","tag-h200","tag-jensen-huang","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nvidia","tag-nz","tag-peking-university","tag-reuters","tag-taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-co","tag-technology","tag-tiktok","tag-tsinghua-university","tag-us","tag-wei-shaojun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}