The United States has turned against us! We just made a breakthrough in the rare earth control, but we didn't expect the United States to immediately turn around and impose even stricter restrictions on us! On May 14th, according to a report by Singapore Lianhe Zaobao, the report stated that China has issued export licenses to four domestic rare earth magnet manufacturers. This is the first approval of related export applications since we implemented export restrictions on seven categories of medium and heavy rare earth materials last month.
However, what we didn't expect was that just as we were fulfilling our relevant commitments, the United States suddenly took action against us. The U.S. Commerce Department claimed that using Huawei's Ascend artificial intelligence (AI) chips anywhere in the world would violate export control regulations. Obviously, this move by the United States indicates what? It shows that the United States not only intends to strike our tech companies but also wants to use this measure to restrict the development of our AI industry.
For the actions of the United States, we see it clearly. The United States is not only banning chip sales to us but also forbidding both domestic and foreign artificial intelligence companies from purchasing Huawei's chips. Although substantial progress has been made in the trade war between China and the United States, the essence of the U.S.'s suppression and containment of us has not fundamentally changed.
To be honest, the actions of the United States cannot rule out the possibility that they want to use stricter restrictions to create leverage and pressure us into loosening our control over rare earths. However, since the United States has gone to great lengths to hinder our development through underhanded methods, there is no need for us to be polite to them either. When we should act, we must act!
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