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A Chinese university that works closely with the People's Liberation Army bought Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips last month, even though it has been on a U.S. export blacklist for 25 years. Procurement records show Northwestern Polytechnical University paid about $123,000 for two chips. The university also rented servers running banned Nvidia chips, and other Chinese schools were found buying or renting restricted chips too. The findings come as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces pressure in Washington over his push to loosen chip sales to China, with three Republican chairmen seeking a briefing on November 18.