New York Times Reveals Inspur Group Evading U.S. Chip Export Controls Through Silicon Valley Subsidiary and Southeast Asia Network

On September 6, 2026, an investigative report by The New York Times revealed that Inspur Group, a Chinese company under U.S. sanctions, purchased tens of billions of dollars' worth of advanced-process chips and evaded export controls by renaming its Silicon Valley subsidiary and using a transshipment network in Southeast Asia.