> Lovegrove concluded there were not enough security concerns to block it, according to two government officials.<p>Each <i>individual</i> sale is not a concern. It's the overall trend that's worrisome.
The British government has reportedly approved the sale of the United Kingdom’s largest microchip factory to a firm owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), despite concerns over national security.<p>Newport Wafer Fab (NWF) in Wales, which was forced last year to sell its factory to after failing to pay its debts, will apparently be allowed by the government to be sold to the Chinese-owned firm Nexperia.