A Washington-based semiconductor association has warned that Huawei is building a collection of secret semiconductor-fabrication facilities across China that would let it skirt U.S. sanctions. The Chinese tech giant moved into chip production last year and is receiving an estimated $30 billion in state funding from the government for its efforts, the Semiconductor Industry Association said, adding that Huawei has acquired at least two existing plants and is constructing three more. The move may help the company evade tightening sanctions against it that have raised suspicions that Beijing is trying to leverage its dominance in telecommunications gear to gain a … Continue reading Huawei Secretly Building Chip Network to Skirt US Sanctions