An independent investigation concluded that Super Micro Computer senior management had no knowledge of a scheme alleging a co-founder diverted server equipment to China in violation of U.S. law

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Anthropic alleged in 2025 that state-sponsored Chinese hackers used its AI technology to automate break-ins targeting roughly 30 global targets, including corporations and foreign governments.

An Anthropic report revealed that Chinese-linked operations utilized the Claude AI model to track Uyghurs and surveil religious and civil society groups.

Accenture's Greater China operations encompass business activities across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Management consulting firm McKinsey has scaled back its operations in China in response to heightened local security regulations

Strict Chinese data security regulations governing cross-border transfers of sensitive data force Western professional services and international consulting firms in China to isolate IT systems, restricting operational synergies

Increasing production at SK Hynix's Dalian facility in China would generate cash flow to help Solidigm fund the construction of a planned NAND manufacturing factory in the United States

Solidigm, the U.S. unit of SK Hynix, applied for a U.S. export license to buy and install additional chipmaking tools in an unused section called Mod B at SK Hynix's Dalian facility in China

SK Hynix stated that equipment installation for Mod B is conducted under U.S. government authorization, denying that capacity expansion is being sought for the facility completed in 2023.

The U.S. Commerce Department revoked license exemptions for SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics in 2025, ending rules that allowed equipment shipments to Chinese fabs without individual approvals.

SK Hynix built the Mod B production area at its Dalian plant in 2023 but left equipment buildout incomplete following a global downturn in the memory chip market.

SK Hynix seeks U.S. approval to export semiconductor manufacturing equipment to its Dalian plant in China as a condition for funding a new U.S. NAND flash memory factory.

In December 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department granted an export license capping equipment shipments to SK Hynix's Dalian site for 2026 but has not approved equipment for 2027.

An unnamed Chinese company reportedly began manufacturing an immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machine, according to a July 2026 report cited by CNBC

ASML reiterated its forecast that sales to China will account for 20% of its total business despite sales restrictions on EUV and certain DUV equipment sold to China

Export restrictions on semiconductor equipment fail to prevent China from building domestic chip capabilities

Anthropic identified Chinese AI company Moonshot as a participant in distillation campaigns that secretly routed queries through Claude AI models

Anthropic cited Chinese AI startup Zhipu, also known as Z.ai, for attempting to siphon capabilities from Claude to build its GLM-5.3 model

Elon Musk posted on October 12, 2026, that China's capacity to scale manufacturing exceeds the rest of the world combined once China determines how to manufacture a product

DeepSeek has hired Chinese brokerage CITIC Securities to prepare for a potential listing on Shanghai's STAR Market.

Multiple Chinese artificial intelligence firms are pursuing public market listings in 2026, leading market participants to closely monitor the Chinese AI sector's equity financing activities