Samsung eyes Huawei and Foxconn with $8bn China chip investment

Company bolsters Xi'an flash memory factory after visit by Li Keqiang

20191213N Samsung Xian plant

This plant in Xi'an, China is Samsung Electronics' sole semiconductor production facility outside of South Korea. © Samsung Electronics

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics said Friday it will invest an additional $8 billion in a Chinese memory chip plant, increasing its capacity to supply local smartphone makers like Huawei Technologies.

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