CaixinRescuing China's would-be chipmaking champion
Debt-laden Tsinghua Unigroup on fast track for bankruptcy reorganization
Unigroup, majority owned by Tsinghua University in Beijing, was once at the forefront of China's drive to develop a domestic semiconductor industry. © AP
ZHANG ERCHI, QU YUNXU, PENG QINQIN and HAN WEI, Caixin
September 7, 2021 22:07 JST
Tsinghua Unigroup is on a fast track for asset restructuring under pressure from creditors as the once high-flying maker of computer chips is mired in a nearly two-year debt crisis. At stake are nearly $46 billion of assets and one of China's most ambitious semiconductor investment projects.