Exclusive: China's top chipmaker has supplied chipmaking tech to Iran military, US officials say (www.reuters.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 13:39
https://lemmy.world/post/44820283

SMIC, China’s largest chipmaker, has sent chipmaking tools to Iran’s military, two senior Trump ‌administration officials said on Thursday, raising questions about Beijing’s stance in the month-old U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.

SMIC which has been heavily sanctioned by the U.S. government over alleged ties to the Chinese military, began sending the tools to Iran roughly a year ago and “we have no ​reason to believe that any of this has stopped,” one of the officials said.

The official added that the ​collaboration “almost certainly included technical training on SMIC’s semiconductor technology.”

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middlemanSI@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 13:49 next collapse

We can not let counties trade with victims of our aggression /s

Gsus4@mander.xyz on 27 Mar 14:37 next collapse

Ok, question: say, hypothetically, Iran were indeed rushing towards a handful of nukes…why are China/russia/Pakistan so chill with it? It only dilutes their nuclear deterrence, how are they so sure that this is not the case?

Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Mar 15:03 next collapse

Oh US officials said so? Must be 100% the truth… /s

TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca on 27 Mar 15:09 next collapse

Yeah, sorry. I don’t buy into the fear-mongering about Iran. It’s not Iran’s military and nuclear capacity that concerns me, it’s America’s. The USA is the one that is undertaking pointless illegal wars, partaking in and/or enabling genocide in multiple countries, repeatedly threatening its (former) allies with war and annexation, illegally kidnapping nation leaders, and throwing people in concentration camps including foreign nationals and tourists.

It should not surprise a single person that any country is taking steps to protect their sovereignty and territory from hyper-aggressive American imperialism. Especially a country like Iran that has genocidal Israel not far from their doors.

Jankatarch@lemmy.world on 27 Mar 18:59 collapse

I am convinced people fearing Iranian military will invade US just never saw the world map.
They are an ocean + sea + 2 geographic regions away.

heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net on 27 Mar 17:43 collapse

Maybe tarrifs will fix that