How US and Allies Are Trying to Rein In China Tech: QuickTake

The US and its allies are increasingly restricting China’s ability to import key technologies, especially advanced semiconductors and the machines that make them. In the latest development, Japan isimposing controls on 23 types of chip technology that domestic companies can export to countries such as China. Japanese companies are not as prominent as the Netherlands’ ASML Holding NV or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., but they dominate several stages of the chip-making process. Japan’s support will fortify the US-led blockade of China, thwarting its efforts to build a domestic technology industry that can support its economic and political ambitions. ...