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China reportedly tells companies to stop buying Nvidia AI chips

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Reportedly ordered domestic companies to stop buying Nvidia AI chips

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The first reversal in the direction of controls — a block on the demand side

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Pressbloomberg.comhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/china-tells-companies-to-stop-buying-nvidia-s-repurposed-ai-chip

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