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中央纪委对前清华紫光集团董事长赵伟国进行了调查，赵伟国是在整个行业的腐败网络中被抓住的最新人物。此案已被移交给检察官，他们将提出指控。
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这些调查反映了最高领导层对未能开发出能够替代美国电路的半导体感到沮丧。政府曾拨款1000多亿美元建立国内芯片部门，以打破对西方的依赖。7月，官员们开始调查赵伟国，他以前是清华大学下属公司的董事长。
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赵伟国曾公开反对对团结集团进行90亿美元的救助，并最终被赶出了该集团。该公司已在巨额债务下倒闭。
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国家集成电路产业投资基金（大基金）是中国政府投资其芯片制造商的一个主要工具。国家最高反贪机构正在调查帮助管理该基金资产的高管。
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中国官员感到沮丧的是，在过去十年中，投资于该行业的数百亿美元并没有产生预期的科学突破。他们认为华盛顿已经成功地遏制了其技术野心。
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中国政府正在寻求找出为什么他们的投资在科学突破方面没有产生预期的结果，以及为什么美国能够控制其技术野心。
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The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has opened an investigation into former Tsinghua Unigroup Chairman Zhao Weiguo, who is the latest figure caught in an industry-wide corruption dragnet. The case has been transferred to prosecutors who will be filing charges.
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The investigations reflect the top leadership’s frustration with the failure to develop semiconductors that can replace US circuitry. The government had allocated over $100 billion to build up a domestic chip sector to break the dependence on the West. In July, officials began investigating Zhao, who was previously the chairman of the company affiliated with Tsinghua University.
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Zhao had publicly fought a $9 billion bailout of Unigroup and was eventually ousted from the group. The company had collapsed under a mountain of debt.
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The National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (Big Fund) is a primary vehicle for Beijing to invest in its chipmakers. The nation’s top anti-graft agency is investigating executives who help manage the fund’s assets.
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Chinese officials are frustrated that tens of billions of dollars invested into the industry over the past decade hasn’t produced the expected scientific breakthroughs. They believe Washington has been successful in containing its technological ambitions.
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China’s government is looking to find out why their investments have not produced the desired results in terms of scientific breakthroughs and why the US has been able to contain its technological ambitions.