Source: The Next Web
Hong Kong now handles over 50% of China's semiconductor imports, a shift driven by U.S. export controls on advanced chips. Semiconductor companies and traders use the city as a legal arbitrage point—goods change hands there before reaching mainland buyers, skirting American restrictions. The concentration creates a pressure point for Western enforcement and a single point of failure for China's chip access. Hong Kong's regulatory status has become a flashpoint in U.S.-China technology competition.