Beijing Blocks Nvidia H200 Sales for 6 Months as China Pushes Chip Self-Reliance
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Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Beijing Blocks Nvidia H200 Sales for 6 Months as China Pushes Chip Self-Reliance
7 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Six months after Trump approved Nvidia’s H200 for China, Beijing still has not allowed any Chinese company to buy a single chip.
China has instead steered AI groups toward domestic suppliers such as Huawei and Cambricon, reflecting a broader industrial self-reliance drive that Trump said helped explain the freeze.
The standoff leaves Nvidia caught between Washington and Beijing after what had looked like a rare win-win for U.S.-China tech ties.
Former U.S. officials had warned the approval could erode America’s AI lead by helping Chinese rivals narrow the gap while their own chipmakers matured.
If China’s homegrown chips are so advanced, why is there a black market for smuggled Nvidia GPUs?
Did U.S. sanctions backfire by creating a more powerful and independent Chinese tech industry?