Place / Country
China
China is one of the world’s largest semiconductor and electronics manufacturing centres, with major roles in wafer fabrication, assembly and testing, electronics production and selected materials processing.
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Why It Matters
China combines enormous industrial scale with continuing efforts to expand domestic semiconductor capability. At the same time, technology controls and material export restrictions have made parts of the semiconductor relationship between China and other major economies increasingly strategic.
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