On October 21, the Singapore-based "Lianhe Zaobao" reported: "The controversy surrounding the European chipmaker NXP Semiconductor continues to escalate. The Chinese subsidiary informed its employees that the company is an independent Chinese enterprise with its own operations and decision-making, and employees have the right to refuse external instructions. NXP Semiconductor refuted this as false information and stated that the subsidiary's post was unauthorized."
[Witty] The internal division within NXP is merely a backlash from the supply chain under technological hegemony. The verbal sparring between NXP's Chinese and Dutch sides is essentially a farce of technological hegemony shackling commercial rules. The Dutch government seizing control of the company under the guise of national security and cutting off the system access of the Chinese subsidiary, while the European headquarters denies the claim of stopping salaries, reveals double standards. The Chinese subsidiary's assertion of independent operations is just a helpless response to power intervention — after all, it controls nearly 70% of NXP's capacity, which precisely breaks through the Dutch technological isolation framework!
A commentator said that this controversy has exposed the hypocrisy of the West: wanting to profit from the Chinese market while using political means to lock down technology. When the Chinese subsidiary refuses to follow external instructions, the so-called technological hegemony finally shows its weakness in front of the resilience of the supply chain. The division within NXP is the beginning of the backlash against hegemony!
Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1846561106730055/
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