China restricts Nvidia H200 chip imports, leaving about 600,000 units idle in Hong Kong

According to Reuters, as relayed by X user @thexpin, China is restricting import permits for Nvidia H200 chips, and roughly 600,000 of them sit idle in Hong Kong warehouses.

The post attributes the blockage to Beijing rather than Washington, even though the U.S. cleared H200 sales last year.

The post also says China is limiting permits to about 10,000 units per technology company, and that domestic server prices have risen threefold. Neither figure is confirmed in the source excerpt available, and the post itself is the only report on these details.