Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

April 29, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

Commerce Department Seeks To Undercut Chinese AI Sector by Targeting Chipmakers

Washington is looking to choke off China’s advanced chip sector. As reported by Reuters on April 28, the Commerce Department sent letters to several major American chipmaking firms immediately banning...

April 20, 2026 | Jack Burnham, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Certain Semiconductor Products and Services

April 3, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

Congress Targets Advanced Chip-Making Equipment To Stifle Chinese Progress in AI Race

Congress is seeking to lock China out of the global advanced chip-making market. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), along with Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), introduced a...

September 18, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Chinese Regulators Announce Ban on Buying Nvidia Chips, Showcasing Confidence in Domestic Alternatives

China has begun to cut its last ties to America’s artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. On September 17, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued guidance to Chinese firms advising them...

August 16, 2023 | Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

How the US Can Get Its Chips’ Worth With China

The passage of the CHIPS and Science Act one year ago this month was heralded as a monumental step in U.S. efforts to compete with China in the tech domain. “We need our government and our economy...

July 26, 2023 | Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

Commanding Heights: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in the Critical and Emerging Technologies of the 21st Century

November 29, 2022 | Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

Indecent exposure in critical supply chains

In 2016, China’s Hefei Province launched a high-profile but cryptic and closely guarded industrial project: The “506 Project.” It leveraged some 54 billion RMB of provincial funds, backed...

November 17, 2022 | Maseh Zarif, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Ban These Chinese Chipmakers from Pentagon Purchases

Congress should pass a proposed expansion of the law that keeps the federal government from buying certain companies’ products.

October 28, 2022 | Samantha Ravich, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

China’s Accelerating CEEW Campaign

July 20, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Trevor Logan

How to Stop China From Controlling the Global Semiconductor Industry

The United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) of 2021, which passed the Senate in June, calls for $52 billion in appropriations over five years to support semiconductor manufacturing as well...

May 27, 2021 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Defusing Military-Civil Fusion

The Need to Identify and Respond to Chinese Military Companies