Chinese Stocks Hit One-Year Low as Chip, Optical Firms Slide
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Chip and optical names selling off on reports of relaxed Nvidia chip access plus new US sanctions talk shows how binary policy risk has become in the compute stack. If your roadmap depends on Chinese suppliers or demand, you need a sanctions and export-control scenario baked into 2026 planning.
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