{"id":123111,"date":"2026-03-27T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=123111"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:11:01","slug":"china-blasts-false-news-after-report-says-chipmaker-supplying-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/123111\/","title":{"rendered":"China blasts &#8216;false&#8217; news after report says chipmaker supplying Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BEIJING(National Times)- China\u2019s foreign ministry accused the media of publishing \u201cfalse information\u201d on Friday following a report that said the country\u2019s top semiconductor firm has sent chipmaking tools to Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report, which cited information from two unidentified senior officials in US President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, said contract chipmaker SMIC \u201cbegan sending the tools to Iran roughly a year ago\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A US official was quoted in the report as saying they had \u201cno reason to believe that any of this has stopped\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China is a key partner of Iran but has not announced military assistance to Tehran in the war triggered by US-Israeli strikes on February 28, repeatedly calling for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), did not respond to an AFP request for comment on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dunyanews.tv\/en\/World\/942659-un-security-council-to-meet-on-iran-today-russian-state-media\">UN Security Council to meet on Iran today: Russian state media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked about the report at a regular news conference in Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said he was \u201cnot familiar with the situation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat I can tell you is that recently, some media have been keen on releasing some news that seems right but instead is wrong,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that, \u201cafter verification\u201d, such reports were \u201call\u201d found to be \u201cfalse information\u201d but did not elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China condemned the assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini but has also said it \u201cdoes not go along\u201d with Tehran\u2019s strikes on Gulf states hosting US bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beijing\u2019s top diplomat Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in a phone call this week that he hoped \u201call parties can seize every opportunity and window for peace and start the peace talks process\u201d.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwt9W43yc?sceid=PK:en&amp;sceid=PK:en&amp;sceid=PK:en&amp;r=0&amp;oc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING(National Times)- China\u2019s foreign ministry accused the media of publishing \u201cfalse information\u201d on Friday following a report that said the country\u2019s top semiconductor firm has sent chipmaking tools to Iran. 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