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  "id": 10253458,
  "title": "China may permit Alibaba, ByteDance to buy new Nvidia chips – The Information",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/china-may-permit-alibaba-bytedance-to-buy-new-nvidia-chips-the",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-27T17:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/china-may-permit-alibaba-bytedance-to-buy-new-nvidia-chips--the-information-4919061"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chinese authorities may permit e-commerce giant Alibaba and video streaming platform ByteDance to acquire Nvidia's latest RTX Pro 5500 GPU chips, according to a report by The Information. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reportedly requested domestic companies to disclose their intended purchases and intended usage of the RTX Pro 5500, a professional-grade workstation GPU. Released this month, the RTX Pro 5500 boasts 84GB of GDDR7 memory and 21,760 CUDA cores, with a starting price exceeding $6,000, as reported by TechPowerUp. Positioned outside the data-center accelerator category that has been subject to U.S. export controls since October 2022, China's regulatory oversight could be more lenient, potentially avoiding further strain on U.S.-China relations. This development comes after the Xi-Trump summit in Washington, where chip export controls were notably absent from both nations' official statements. The USTR's Jamieson Greer confirmed that export controls were deemed non-issues during trade discussions, and China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not mention export controls in its post-summit announcement.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Alibaba and ByteDance may buy Nvidia's RTX Pro 5500 GPUs.",
    "China's regulatory oversight could be more lenient.",
    "Export controls were not an issue at Xi-Trump summit."
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips, The Information reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/china-weighs-allowing-bytedance-alibaba-to-buy-new-nvidia-chips-the",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:31:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "China may allow Alibaba, ByteDance to buy Nvidia’s new RTX Pro 5500 chips",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/china-may-allow-alibaba-bytedance-to-buy-nvidias-new-rtx-pro-5500",
        "published": "2026-09-27T17:39:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips, report says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/china-weighs-allowing-bytedance-alibaba-to-buy-new-nvidia-chips",
        "published": "2026-09-27T17:43:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips, The Information reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/china-weighs-allowing-bytedance-alibaba-to-buy-new-nvidia-chips-the-10266241",
        "published": "2026-09-27T18:16:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips: The Information",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/china-weighs-allowing-bytedance-alibaba-to-buy-new-nvidia-chips-the-10271314",
        "published": "2026-09-27T18:41:20.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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