Commerce Ministry spokeswoman He Yongqian reiterated China's firm opposition to the United States' export controls of AI chips on China at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
She said the U.S. move is to curb China's development of the AI industry.
Under the pretext of so-called presumed violations of U.S. export control rules, the U.S. Department of Commerce released a guidance that attempts to impose a global ban on advanced Chinese computing chips, including Huawei Ascend chips. It followed successive U.S. administrations' imposition of restrictions on the sale of advanced AI chips to China.
"We have enunciated our position repeatedly. The United States has abused export controls to contain and suppress China, which violates international law and basic norms governing international relations, seriously impairs the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises, and jeopardizes China's development interests. We firmly oppose it and will closely follow the follow-up action on the U.S. side, and take resolute measures to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests," said He.
Ministry reiterates opposition to U.S. chip export restriction
Ministry reiterates opposition to U.S. chip export restriction
Ministry reiterates opposition to U.S. chip export restriction
The United States cannot legitimize an operation that attacked Venezuela and captured its president, a Chinese scholar said Sunday.
On Saturday, the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, during which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were 'captured and flown out of Venezuela' according to a post by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account.
Teng Jianqun, director of the Center for Diplomatic Studies at Hunan Normal University, said in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) that the aim of this operation is to take full control of Venezuela’s natural resources.
"I don't think the United States can legitimize this operation to take custody of the president of Venezuela. And also I don't think the United States can legitimize its any action in taking the oil reserves of that country. This is actually a very dangerous game played by the Trump administration. And of course, the United States would like to take full control of that country and to take full control of the natural resources, especially the large reserve of oil in Venezuela," said Teng.
Teng said Venezuela is not an isolated case but a common practice by the United States. The United States launched an invasion of Panama on Dec. 20, 1989, which continued until January 1990, with the stated objective of capturing Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega on charges of drug trafficking and organized crime.
"We still remember the so-called sentence of the former president of Panama in the late 1980s. And this time, the president of Venezuela will be under some judicial condition (judicial proceedings) for the so-called drug trafficking and some other crimes. So I think this is not a single case for the Venezuela country, but also this is actually a practice by the United States -- to use force, to use so-called justice under law against any leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean waters," he said.
US cannot legitimize operation against Venezuela: Chinese scholar
