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Beijing stops foreign chips at the border

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What happened: On October 10, FT reported that China's customs bureau (GAC) has stepped up inspections of foreign semiconductor imports.

FT sources indicate that these inspections started with the intention of ensuring Chinese AI firms weren't ordering made-for-China GPUs, such as Nvidia's H20.
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