GeopoliticsMedium•11 November 2026•
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Blacklisted Chinese University Acquires Advanced NVIDIA H200 Chips
Key Facts
1Northwestern Polytechnical University, a blacklisted Chinese institution with military ties, purchased two Nvidia H200 AI chips in October.
Northwestern Polytechnical University, a blacklisted Chinese institution with military ties, purchased two NVIDIA H200 AI chips in October, Cryptopolitan reported. The acquisition indicates that the university managed to bypass U.S. export controls to obtain the advanced semiconductors through a local supplier.
NVIDIA closed at $168.89 on November 10, 2026, as the incident highlights potential regulatory risks regarding trade enforcement. On the same date, peer stocks AMD and INTC closed at $515.21 and $58.13 respectively, while Chinese trade data released on November 10, 2026, showed exports growing by 35.2% and imports by 41.6% year-over-year.