China’s Chips Manhattan Project And The Semiconductor Skills Race

CleanTechnica
By Michael BarnardJan 6, 2026, 4:57 am187 ptsTop
China’s covert effort to build an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) system, described as a Manhattan Project and leveraging Chinese nationals with experience from key Dutch EUV manufacturer ASML, is not interesting because it appeared suddenly or because it surprised intelligence agencies. It is…

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