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2026-07-15·BABA·export restriction
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A Tom's Hardware article reports that the U.S. government has allowed Chinese telecom ZTE to purchase Nvidia H200 AI...

A Tom's Hardware article reports that the U.S. government has allowed Chinese telecom ZTE to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips, and notes that Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com are among the approximately 10 Chinese companies that already have U.S. clearance to buy Hopper-series chips.

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Strong evidence: 4 independent source classes support this read.

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A Tom's Hardware article reports that the U.S. government has allowed Chinese telecom ZTE to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips, and notes that Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com are among the approximately 10 Chinese companies that already have U.S. clearance to buy Hopper-series chips. This confirms Alibaba's continued access to advanced AI accelerators despite ongoing export controls. The article, citing Reuters, states that the U.S. allows Chinese firms to buy up to H200-class chips with a 25% tariff, but no Blackwell chips. While the article also quotes a U.S. official saying "very few shipments against licenses for H200s and equivalents have taken place," Alibaba's inclusion in the approved group is a positive signal for its AI infrastructure plans. Separately, Alibaba's FY2026 annual report (filed May 20, 2026) shows revenue of ¥941.2B and net income of ¥80.0B, underscoring its financial capacity to invest in AI compute.

What the sources said

  • "ZTE joins a club that counts Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com among the roughly 10-strong group of Chinese companies with U.S. clearance for those purchases" (Tom's Hardware).
  • "The current status of the AI chip trade situation is roughly that the U.S. allows Chinese firms to buy AI chips up to and including the Hopper family (meaning no Blackwell chips), with a 25% export tariff" (Tom's Hardware).
  • "very few shipments against licenses for H200s and equivalents have taken place. It’s a very small quantity of chips" — U.S. trade official, via CNBC, as quoted in the article.

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