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title: "Investigation: some Chinese companies approved by the US Commerce Department to handle Nvidia's H200 chips have empty offices and ties to firms under sanctions (New York Times)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/investigation-some-chinese-companies-approved-by-the-us-commerce-52ccb801
published: 2026-11-07T14:30:04.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Investigation: some Chinese companies approved by the US Commerce Department to handle Nvidia's H200 chips have empty offices and ties to firms under sanctions (New York Times)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-07 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/investigation-some-chinese-companies-approved-by-the-us-commerce-52ccb801

New York Times : Investigation: some Chinese companies approved by the US Commerce Department to handle Nvidia's H200 chips have empty offices and ties to firms under sanctions — The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia's H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.

In this story: [Nvidia](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/nvidia), [H200](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/h200), [AI Chips](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-chips), [US Department of Commerce](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/us-department-of-commerce)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261107/p9#a261107p9)

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