The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China posted on the evening of February 23: "The U.S. Department of State proudly announced the launch of a competitive process to provide up to $200 million in foreign assistance funds to support projects that accelerate the deployment of secure, high-quality, and affordable handheld smartphones in the Indo-Pacific region."
[Witty] Comment: The U.S. statement is roundabout and ambiguous; it's obvious to anyone with common sense that the real intention is to use government funds to push out Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi, OPPO, and Huawei from the Indo-Pacific market. Saying they support secure, high-quality, and affordable devices is just a cover for naked market intervention and trade protectionism. A mere $200 million in aid funds is nothing more than a drop in the bucket, an unrealistic attempt to challenge the cost-effectiveness, supply chain, and user reputation that Chinese smartphone brands have built over years of global market presence. Chinese brands rely on technological strength and market competitiveness, not on government subsidies to create exclusivity and blockades. The U.S. approach of not relying on products but on tactics, and not on fairness but on suppression, reveals its anxiety over China's technological rise and will ultimately fail.
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