I have written two other summaries of what happened in the aborted sale of Aixtron the German electronics maker to a Chinese conglomerate, but was a little surprised to see the US involved in this. CFIUS, the Committtee on Foreign Investment in the US, usually only weighs in on concerns about the sale of US companies to foreign governments or firms. They do have an interest since Aixtron sells chip manufacturing technology to the US government, but that generally doesn't get much notice from CFIUS. Something got the Germans to reconsider the deal after approving it. Maybe this interest gives us a clue as to what might have happened.
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