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Tahawul Tech
3 days ago
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
China responds to Taiwan's tech blockade
China has vowed to take action against Taiwan for trade restrictions enacted against Huawei and its largest chipmaker. Taiwan Affairs Office representative Zhu Fenglian said China would take 'effective measures' to maintain the normal order of cross-strait economic and trade exchanges, and safeguard the interests of companies on both sides. Zhu argued any actions by Taiwan authorities to undermine cross-strait economic cooperation would only damage the competitiveness of Taiwanese enterprises, adding the latest restrictions could not stop the 'pace of scientific and technological innovation in the mainland'. Taiwan's International Trade Administration put Huawei, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp and several of their subsidiaries on its strategic high-tech commodities entity list earlier this month, blocking access to domestic factory construction technologies, along with materials and equipment used to build advanced chips. The US and other allies are also taking stronger measures to block Chinese companies' access to advanced chipmaking equipment and AI chips. Source: Mobile World live Image Credit: Stock Image
The Sun
4 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
China calls Taiwan's tech blacklist ‘despicable'
BEIJING: Beijing hit out Wednesday at Taiwan's inclusion of two Chinese tech giants on an exports blacklist, calling it 'despicable' and vowing to defend its interests. China's Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) were among 601 entities from several countries added to a 'strategic high-tech commodities entity list' by the Taiwanese government this month. Taiwan is a global chip powerhouse but companies based there must now obtain permission from the government to ship high-tech products to Huawei, SMIC or any other entity on the list. Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, said Taipei was attempting to curry favour with the United States by 'repeatedly resorting to sinister and evil tactics'. 'These despicable actions are disgraceful,' Zhu said when asked about the Taiwanese blacklist. 'We will take effective measures to resolutely maintain the normal order of cross-strait economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, and safeguard the interests and well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait,' she said in comments published by state broadcaster CCTV. Taiwan's move comes as Chinese tech companies face increasing export restrictions imposed by the United States. Washington has expanded efforts to curb exports of state-of-the-art chips to China over concern that they could be used to advance Beijing's military systems and other tech capabilities. The United States recently unveiled guidelines warning firms that using Chinese-made high-tech AI semiconductors, specifically Huawei's Ascend chips, would put them at risk of violating US export controls.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
China Vows ‘Forceful Measures' After Taiwan's Huawei Export Curb
(Bloomberg) -- Beijing vowed to respond to Taiwan's 'technological blockades' after the self-ruled island blacklisted Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies Co., limiting their ability to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Bezos Wedding Draws Protests, Soul-Searching Over Tourism in Venice US Renters Face Storm of Rising Costs US State Budget Wounds Intensify From Trump, DOGE Policy Shifts Commuters Are Caught in Johannesburg's Taxi Feuds as Transit Lags 'We will take forceful measures to resolutely safeguard the normal order of cross-strait economic and trade exchange,' Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian said Wednesday at a regular briefing in Beijing. She was responding to a question about Taiwan' recent curbs on Chinese companies, and didn't elaborate on how Beijing would respond. Taiwan last week joined a yearslong US campaign to curtail China's technological ascent by adding the country's AI and chipmaking champions — Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. — to its entity list. That bars the island's firms from doing business with the pair without a license, the first time Taipei has used the blacklist on major Chinese companies. The new restrictions are likely to, at least partially, cut off Huawei and SMIC's access to Taiwan's plant construction technologies, materials and equipment essential to build AI chips, like those made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. for the likes of Nvidia Corp. Zhu condemned Taiwan's decision as 'despicable' and claimed it displayed President Lai Ching-te's loyalty to the US government. President Donald Trump's administration has urged Taipei to take more ownership over chip restrictions on China, Bloomberg News previously reported. 'Attempts to decouple will not delay the progress of industrial upgrading on the mainland,' Zhu said, adding that such actions will only damage the competitiveness of Taiwanese enterprises and the island's economy. Inside Gap's Last-Ditch, Tariff-Addled Turnaround Push Luxury Counterfeiters Keep Outsmarting the Makers of $10,000 Handbags Ken Griffin on Trump, Harvard and Why Novice Investors Won't Beat the Pros Is Mark Cuban the Loudmouth Billionaire that Democrats Need for 2028? Can 'MAMUWT' Be to Musk What 'TACO' Is to Trump? ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
New Straits Times
4 days ago
- Business
- New Straits Times
China calls Taiwan's tech blacklist 'despicable'
BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday slammed Taiwan's inclusion of two major Chinese technology firms on an export blacklist, calling the move "despicable" and vowing to defend its interests. China's Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) were among 601 entities from several countries added to a "strategic high-tech commodities entity list" by the Taiwanese government earlier this month. Taiwan, a global semiconductor powerhouse, now requires companies to obtain government approval before exporting high-tech products to Huawei, SMIC, or any other blacklisted entity. Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office, accused Taipei of trying to curry favour with the United States through "repeatedly resorting to sinister and evil tactics". "These despicable actions are disgraceful," Zhu said when asked about the blacklist. "We will take effective measures to resolutely maintain the normal order of cross-strait economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, and safeguard the interests and well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait," she said in comments aired by state broadcaster CCTV. Taiwan's decision comes amid tightening export restrictions on Chinese tech firms by the United States. Washington has intensified efforts to curb exports of advanced chips to China, citing national security concerns over potential use in military and other strategic technologies. The United States recently issued new guidelines warning that companies using Chinese-made high-tech AI chips, especially Huawei's Ascend line, may be in breach of US export controls.
CNA
4 days ago
- Politics
- CNA
China, Taiwan clash over history, Beijing says can't 'invade' what is already Chinese territory
BEIJING/TAIPEI: China and Taiwan clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan's government, and said it is impossible to "invade" what is already Chinese land. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has stepped up military and political pressure over the past five years. China has an especial dislike of Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, calling him a "separatist". Lai has since Sunday (Jun 22) given two speeches in what will be a series of 10 on "uniting the country", saying that Taiwan is "of course a country" and China has no legal or historical right to claim it. Speaking on Wednesday at a regular news briefing in Beijing, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said any "independence provocations" from Lai and his administration will face "resolute countermeasures". "Though the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have not yet been fully reunified, the historical and legal fact that compatriots on both sides belong to one China and that both sides' compatriots are Chinese has never changed," she said. Tensions between China and Taiwan, including several rounds of Chinese war games, have raised the possibility Beijing may one day make good on threats to take Taiwan by force, which could ignite a regional war. China's last war games were in April, and its air force and navy operate around Taiwan on a daily basis, sometimes using dozens of warplanes, according to the island's defence ministry. Asked about US comments on Chinese drills strengthening preparations for an attack, Zhu corrected the reporter. "Taiwan is a part of China; there is no invasion to speak of," she said. Lai takes a different view on Taiwan's status and future. In a speech late on Tuesday, he said Taiwan's future can only be decided by its people, democratically, not by a decision by any party or president, and that "Taiwan independence" refers to the island not being a part of the People's Republic of China. The defeated Republic of China, founded after the 1911 revolution that brought down the last emperor, fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war to Mao Zedong's communists, and that remains the island's formal name. "How old is the Republic of China? It's 113 years old, and will be 114 years old this year. The People's Republic of China? It's only some 70 years old, right? It's simple and clear," Lai said. This year's 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two is another sensitive topic, and China has invited old soldiers who fought for the Republic of China to a military parade in Beijing in early September. Taiwan does not want them to attend, and on Wednesday its defence minister, Wellington Koo, said Beijing was trying to distort history.
