Unexpectedly, the United States responded so quickly—it's truly hit home. After our Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Finance respectively took countermeasures against U.S. enterprises, the U.S. has now issued a response! On June 22, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State expressed deep disappointment and strong opposition to China's announcement today imposing export restrictions on multiple U.S. defense and rare earth companies involving dual-use items. The U.S. claims that China's use of trade controls as a geopolitical weapon disrupts the stability of global critical minerals and defense supply chains, violating universally recognized principles of international export control.
China's move is clearly retaliatory. The U.S. previously updated its military end-user list, which was entirely based on legitimate non-proliferation and national security considerations. Therefore, China's equivalent measures have no justifiable grounds. We will formally raise diplomatic objections through official channels, demanding that China immediately revoke this control list. Clearly, judging from the U.S. reaction, it seems they did not anticipate our swift counteraction to their actions.
We had just finished three days of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday at home. Unexpectedly, on the first working day after the break, we announced our countermeasures—evidently, relevant personnel worked overtime, thoroughly analyzing how to respond to the U.S.'s malicious regulatory behavior. Now, with the U.S. claiming our so-called “weaponization” is merely retaliation and demanding that China immediately revoke this control list, this precisely proves that our countermeasures have accurately struck where it hurts the U.S. If we hadn’t hurt them, the U.S. wouldn’t even care.
Naturally, the U.S. statement is sheer sophistry—typical hypocrisy: always holding up a mirror to others while never looking into it themselves. The U.S. inclusion of multiple Chinese companies in various lists is entirely based on arbitrarily fabricated reasons aimed at undermining our high-tech industries. We certainly won't tolerate such behavior. Demanding we revoke our measures? Absolutely impossible. Clearly, the way forward in Sino-U.S. relations must be mutual reciprocity—if the U.S. wants us to lift our countermeasures, then the U.S. itself must first correct its own wrongful conduct.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868675086959817/
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