China has tightened restrictions on Nvidia’s (NVDA) H200 AI chips, telling some tech companies approvals will be granted only in limited cases such as university R&D, signaling a harder stance on reopening the market to Nvidia, The Information’s Qianer Liu reports. Officials are also considering conditions that would require purchases of domestic AI chips alongside any limited H200 access. The directive comes a month after President Donald Trump said he would allow Nvidia to sell the H200 chip to China.
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