Tech war: US ban on chip exports to have little effect on Chinese military for now, analysts say

“The chip technology for civilian use is on a higher level than for military use,” Macau-based military commentator Antony Wong Tong said. Announcing the latest tech sanctions, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said one reason for the move was to restrict China’s access to “sensitive technologies with military applications”. Advertisement In a statement on October 7, the bureau said the new measures would restrict China’s ability to obtain advanced technologies that are used “to produce advanced military systems including weapons of mass destruction; improve the speed…