šØ BREAKING: China just detonated Trumpās Silicon Tax.
Trump hit Nvidia with a 25% tariff on high-end chips.
China didnāt argue⦠it attacked.
š Beijing launched a brand-new approval system that forces every buyer of H200 chips to prove Chinese alternatives are āinsufficient.ā
Translation:
To purchase an American semiconductor, Chinese companies must submit a written explanation of why Huaweiās Ascend cannot meet performance needs.
This isnāt trade policy.
This is administrative chokehold ā built to crush US chip sales.
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Timeline ⢠Dec 8 ā Trump announces the tariff
⢠Dec 9 ā China activates its denial machinery
Nvidiaās $12B annual China market?
Now trapped behind paperwork designed to reject every request.
Washington expected China to pay more for outdated chips.
Instead, Beijing turned dependence into leverage.
Every blocked import: ā Boosts Huaweiās domestic dominance
ā Reveals Chinaās tech weaknesses
ā Fuels billion-dollar gray-market chip channels
Trumpās Silicon Tax assumed China would keep buying.
Beijing just answered:
We will build our own.
The tech cold war isnāt cooling ā itās accelerating.
Chinaās message is loud and unmistakable:
āWe donāt pay tribute.ā
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