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Apparently, AMD has placed a long black sticker on the lower left corner, seemingly to remove mentions of Taiwan. That appears to be convenient timing as the new 7600X3D chips are slated for release in China on September 20, and the country has a history of forbidding mentions of Taiwan on product packaging.

The hidden text shows the origin of the Ryzen processor: “AMD processors are diffused and/or made in one or more of the following countries and/or regions: USA, Germany, Singapore, China, Malaysia, or Taiwan.”

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We can surmise that the company is doing this to soothe Beijing’s ruffled feathers, which claims Taiwan is part of China and has previously slapped import restrictions on products mentioning Taiwan as the place of manufacture.

It isn’t the first time that AMD has seemingly acquiesced to the demands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In January, it removed the ‘Diffused in Taiwan’ silkscreen from the Ryzen 7000 chips. Although the company says it did this to standardize production with the products from its Xilinx acquisition, it does have the convenient side effect of keeping Beijing happy.

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This recent change — adding a sticker that covers ‘Taiwan’ on the box — doesn’t seem to have any other reason except to address the CCP’s likely complaints.

    • macniel
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      3 months ago

      You know that there are actually two China’s, the PRoC and the ROC? And has been since puuh quite a while (several decades of years)

    • 0x815OP
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      3 months ago

      Why should I care when Taiwan’s official stance is also that it is the one legitimate government over all of China? Seriously asking.

      From where in this Wikipedia link do you infer your claim? There are two Chinas, as others have already said.

      Your statement, “Taiwan’s offical stance is also that it is the one legitimate government over all of China”, is completely fabricated - with a ‘source’ that does not foster your argument.

      [Edit typo.]