So, remember when the U.S. dropped those new guidelines warning companies not to touch advanced Chinese chips—especially Huawei’s Ascend AI chips?
Yeah, well… China saw that and said, “Absolutely not.”
Now they’re calling it out as discriminatory and straight-up sabotage—accusing the U.S. of wrecking the diplomatic progress both sides made literally days ago.
Here’s what went down:
The U.S. Commerce Department issued a fresh warning, saying that using Chinese AI chips could violate export controls—basically telling American firms not to even think about it.
And of course, China—very much not amused—fired back, demanding the U.S. “correct its wrongdoings” and reverse the chip guidance… or brace for impact.
In short, China’s Commerce Ministry made it crystal clear: if the U.S. keeps pushing, they’re ready to clap back with “resolute measures.”
They’re accusing the U.S. move of being:
An abuse of export control laws
Based on “unfounded accusations”
A typical act of unilateral bullying and protectionism.
And here’s the mic-drop line from Beijing: “Trying to trip others won’t make yourself run faster.”
Translation? Sabotaging us won’t make your tech win any medals.
What makes all this even more awkward? The U.S. and China just agreed to a surprisingly friendly 90-day tariff truce after high-level talks in Geneva—where both sides promised to ease up on the whole triple-digit tariff drama.
Even more ironic? China’s Vice Commerce Minister and the U.S. Trade Rep literally met again last week in South Korea during an APEC meeting—but no one’s saying anything about what went down. So yeah, we’re all just out here guessing.
Bottom line? Washington’s trying to protect its AI edge. Beijing’s not cool with being cast as the villain. And even though both sides smiled for the cameras recently, behind the scenes… it’s giving “we’re not over this.”
