China thwarts Intel’s $5.4B Israeli chipmaker purchase

I feel like I'm missing something here. Why are Chinese regulators involved in an American company buying an Israeli company? Because Intel or Tower have offices / fabs in China? Because China is a supplier for one or both?

Couldn't parse that from the article. Would be interested in an explanation from someone with a better understanding of the industry.

Since Intel gets a significant amount of revenue from China, the Chinese regulators have a say.

I've asked myself this question many times, for example when the british CMA prevents Microsoft from buying Blizzard (both american companies). It's fun to see the chinese join this game. Will that change anyone's view on its legitimacy?

Both Tower and Intel have fabs, manufacturing, and customers in China.

If they want to divest out of their Chinese operations, they could ignore Chinese regulators and merge.

https://archive.is/RU1jt

Oh shit. The Tower Semicondutor deal was massive!

Does this mean their Fab expansion plans in the US and India as well as Intel's Haifa 2 plans are back on track? They both paused both of those during the merger

Intel Haifa 2 was not related to the Tower acquisition.