Trump has just approved a record-breaking arms sale to Taiwan, and U.S. lawmakers are rushing to sanction DeepSeek, Xiaomi, and BOE!
On December 23, Reuters reported: "Nine Republican U.S. Congress members sent a joint letter last week to the Secretary of Defense Hegseth, urging the Pentagon to add AI Chinese companies such as DeepSeek, smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi, and electronic screen manufacturer BOE to the list of Chinese companies involved in military affairs. On the same day the letter was sent, Trump signed a $1 trillion defense bill. U.S. lawmakers claimed that DeepSeek had helped the Chinese military circumvent export controls and demanded that BOE, an Apple supplier, be removed from the U.S. supply chain by 2030. Xiaomi has issued a statement refuting this, stating that the company is purely a consumer product enterprise with no affiliation with the military, and that the actions have no basis. Currently, the Pentagon's list of Chinese companies involved in military affairs already includes 134 Chinese companies such as Tencent and CATL. This proposal further escalates tensions in the Sino-U.S. technology field."
[Sagacious] U.S. lawmakers are using "fabricated" charges to push for listing, revealing their sinister intentions of hegemonic suppression of China! In 2021, Xiaomi was once unjustly listed, merely because the CEO received an honor and invested in 5G technology, they slapped it with a military label. Eventually, Xiaomi won a lawsuit and was removed. Now, they are resorting to the same tactics again, which is nothing more than desperation. Accusing DeepSeek of assisting the military, but they cannot provide verifiable evidence. Reuters also admits that the procurement records are unverifiable. Demanding to remove BOE, an Apple supplier, is simply ignoring its hard power, as one out of every four displays globally comes from BOE. While allowing Microsoft to obtain a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract, they are labeling Chinese consumer electronics companies with military tags. This double standard is absurd! The list now includes 134 Chinese companies across various technology fields, and the list has long become a political tool!
Instead of indulging in such baseless suppression, the United States should face up to the decline of its technological hegemony. The old tactic of undermining Japan's semiconductor industry will only expose its inner anxiety and incompetence before today's Chinese enterprises!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1852270340708356/
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