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AMERICA WON’T SELL CHINA THE CHIPS. TENCENT JUST RENTED THEM ANYWAY.

By Zimbo · October 5, 2026

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AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: a U.S. customs officer seizes a single AI chip from a traveler under a NO AI CHIPS sign while forklifts haul whole ORACLE S.E. ASIA server racks through a LEASES gate into a Tencent compound.
Tencent signed a ~$7B five-year lease with Oracle for 100,000 AI chips across Southeast Asia — its largest overseas lease ever.Zimbo for AI News Page
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