Chickasaw Island: Intel, I feel wronged!

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A few days ago, Intel issued a notice clearly requiring suppliers to "not use any labor, procurement products or services from Xinjiang."

As soon as this statement came out, it was of course widely criticized in China. Under the fierce public opinion, Intel issued an apology statement, saying that the paragraph on Xinjiang was "only out of the original intention of expressing compliance and legality, not its intention or position", and expressed deep regret that the matter "caused many questions and concerns".

Intel's abacus is well played. On the surface, I apologize and complain, but in fact I still want to "ride the wall": no way, it was the United States that forced me, I also value the Chinese market, I want to continue to make Chinese money, or we have the right to do nothing, money to earn, cooperation to continue, right?

This bit of caution is of course seen through at a glance. Chinese consumers are not stupid, and Intel should not shout injustice.

According to the financial report, since 2015, Chinese mainland is Intel's world's largest region in terms of revenue, and in 2020, the Chinese mainland market accounts for 26% of Intel's total revenue. The Chinese market has made Intel enough money, and Intel's "eating and smashing the pot" is really unjust.

Although Intel has set up a splint and forced to choose a side position for itself, in fact, few multinational companies between China and the United States have been so blatant as Intel.

For example, in July this year, US politicians used the Xinjiang issue to force Five US companies, including Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Intel, Procter & Gamble and Visa, to take a stand, and only Intel executives claimed to "believe in the CONCLUSIONs of the US government": "I have studied it, so I believe the conclusions of this report." ”

Look, is it that every American company must take a stand, and if it does not take a stand, it cannot survive, or does Intel want to use this statement to "show loyalty" in exchange for the benefit of the US government elsewhere? It is reported that Intel caters to US politicians in order to add more money to the $52 billion semiconductor support program. Whether this is the case, I am afraid that only Intel knows it in his heart.

Intel has been scolded in China, not at all. Respect is mutual, And the dissatisfaction and doubts of Chinese netizens about Intel's "eating and smashing the pot" have full reasons and legitimacy, and it is by no means "economic populism". Moreover, the wronged creditors have masters, and the people who "persecute" Intel are not in China, but in the United States, it is those American politicians who love to manipulate right and wrong, reverse black and white, and perform themselves, concoct the lie of "forced labor in Xinjiang" and politicize economic and trade issues. Intel feels aggrieved? Then go to the American politician Chen to complain about grievances!

If we really want to use the issue of human rights to engage in economic and trade boycotts, the most important thing for multinational companies around the world to resist is the United States, which has a bad record in human rights - all products in the state where the Deburg Biological Laboratory is located are prohibited from purchasing, and all products from the place where Freud, a black Man, died in the United States must also be boycotted... But who did that?

In fact, in Intel's supply chain, Xinjiang products account for a very low proportion, do not purchase Xinjiang products to Intel itself has no impact, there is no harm to the Xinjiang economy, Intel's Xinjiang-related statement in the economy can not set off any waves, play politics, "disgusting people" mean more. But at the level of ideological understanding, this matter has a great impact on our Chinese.

Intel has made Chinese realize the importance of chip autonomy again. Intel dares to provoke China on Xinjiang-related issues, I am afraid that it is also holding its monopoly position in the global chip market, and China's catch-up in this field is indeed a long way to go.

But crises can force reform, and blockades can force innovation. Uncle Dao noticed that after denouncing Intel, many Chinese netizens began to eagerly discuss the issue of combing China's chip autonomy. Don't underestimate this kind of spontaneous discussion, which is essentially a gathering of social consensus. Industry insiders have said more than once that the difficulty in making autonomous chips is not in technology, but in ecology and market acceptance. When more Chinese have a deeper understanding and higher acceptance of autonomous chips, the "potential" of China's independent chips will burst out.

American politicians and Intel can continue to make small calculations and shake their wits, but the more they do so, the more Chinese will be able to recognize the situation and abandon their illusions. Independence and self-determination, the courage to open up, in the past few decades, China has not come this way!

Text/Snail Road Chief

Source: Xiake Island WeChat public account