China to respond if US imposes more chip curbs – Chinese ambassador

 

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China does not want a trade or tech war but will definitely respond if the US imposes more curbs on its chip sector, China’s ambassador to Washington Xie Feng said on Wednesday.

Xie said at the Aspen Security Forum that China did not shy away from competition, but the way it was defined by the US was not fair. 

He highlighted existing US prohibitions on Chinese imports of equipment to make advanced chips.”This is like … restricting the other side to wear outdated swimwear in a swimming contest, while you yourself (are) wearing a Speedo,” he said.

Xie referred to reports that Washington is considering an outbound investment review mechanism, and further prohibition on the export of AI chips to China. “The Chinese government cannot simply sit idly by. There’s a Chinese saying that we will not … make provocations, but we will not flinch from provocations,” he said.

“China, definitely … will make our response. But definitely it’s not our hope to have a tit for tat. We don’t want … a trade war, technological war, we want to say goodbye to the Iron Curtain as well as the Silicon Curtain.”