Beijing, May 14, 2025 (AFP) - China hands suspended death sentence to ex-chief of state chip giant

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2025-05-14

China on Wednesday handed a suspended death sentence to the former head of a major state-owned maker of high-end semiconductors, state media reported. Zhao Weiguo, the former chairman of semiconductor titan Tsinghua Unigroup, came under official investigation in 2022 and was formally accused of graft the following year. China has sought to increase its self-reliance in the field of semiconductors, which are used in everything from televisions to......

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