{"id":147929,"date":"2026-03-16T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147929"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:00:09","slug":"precision-strike-china-targets-us-japan-stranglehold-on-photoresist-supply-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147929","title":{"rendered":"Precision strike: China targets US, Japan stranglehold on photoresist supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s push for semiconductor self-sufficiency is shifting from broad aspiration to a precision strike on chokepoint materials, with photoresist \u2013 the light-sensitive chemical essential for etching microscopic circuits onto silicon wafers \u2013 emerging as a new battlefield.<br \/>\nThe sector, which provides the key material for lithography, was expected to enter a critical stage of \u201caccelerated breakthroughs and large-scale application\u201d over the coming years, according to Fu Zhiwei, chairman of Xuzhou&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3346555\/precision-strike-china-targets-us-japan-stranglehold-photoresist-supply?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s push for semiconductor self-sufficiency is shifting from broad aspiration to a precision strike on chokepoint materials, with photoresist \u2013 the light-sensitive chemical essential&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147929"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}