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China’s chip equipment rally faces earnings test as memory boom fuels bets on local tools

South China Morning Post / 07 July 2026 / 55m ago

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China’s semiconductor equipment industry is heading into the first-half earnings season under intense scrutiny, as a broad stock rally turns one of the tech sector’s least visible niches into a crowded investor trade. The rally has swept across makers of etching, thin-film deposition, cleaning and testing machines, among others, reflecting bets that China’s next round of chip spending will benefit

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