China is stockpiling U.S. computer chips, a sign that tech companies there are preparing for worsening trade relations that could lead to being cut off from American technology.
https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/china-stockpiles-us-chips-silicon-curtain-descends
TAIPEI — Arm China, the Chinese subsidiary of the British chip company owned by Japan’s SoftBank, has become a key player in Beijing’s quest for tech self-sufficiency and, in a move likely to alarm the U.S., has developed codes that enable Chinese semiconductors to run state-approved cryptographic algorithms.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Beijing-s-latest-tech-ally-in-US-clampdown-Arm-China