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title: "Sources: Beijing allowed ByteDance and Tencent ~10K Nvidia H200 chips each in mainland China in recent weeks; US licenses permit the H200 in China and Hong Kong"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-beijing-allowed-bytedance-and-tencent-10k-nvidia-h200-chips-0afc4319
published: 2026-08-19T23:00:10.945Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Sources: Beijing allowed ByteDance and Tencent \~10K Nvidia H200 chips each in mainland China in recent weeks; US licenses permit the H200 in China and Hong Kong

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-08-19 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-beijing-allowed-bytedance-and-tencent-10k-nvidia-h200-chips-0afc4319

In this story: [Tencent](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/tencent), [ByteDance](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/bytedance), [H200](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/h200)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.ft.com/content/6c5650fb-969d-4d4e-80d6-8d11002a8cf7)

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