Banning Xinjiang products? That's your Intel loss. In a hurry, Intel had to stand up and say soft words, and the Chinese side should respond from these two aspects!
On December 21, Intel Corporation, a world-renowned chipmaker, issued an "open letter" saying it would refuse to use labor, products or services from China's Xinjiang in the future.
There is no doubt that the so-called "human rights issue" in China's Xinjiang has been hyped up. For a time, the three words "Intel" also became the darling of the Chinese Internet and became the hottest keyword in recent times. Of course, the main thing is to be scolded. On December 23, Intel finally stood up and issued a "statement" in a grievance, which was not so much a "statement" as an "apology letter." Intel said in a serious tone in the letter how long it has been working with China and how deeply it has feelings. Finally, it is explained that Intel's boycott of Xinjiang-related products is to comply with U.S. laws, not to express a position.
What do you think of Intel's statement? I can only say, I'm sorry, I can't forgive. In fact, compared with the previous boycott of China's Xinjiang such as Nike and other companies, Intel does seem to be less head-on, after the initial boycott of the open letter was released, Intel closed the comments for the first time, which shows that Intel is afraid. Since we will be afraid, then we have reason to believe that Intel may not really have the heart to do so.
But not wanting to do this does not mean that Intel deserves our sympathy, Intel does not dare to offend China is likely to be just for the sake of money, since 2015, China has been Intel's largest source of profits. No one can live with money, but now that the U.S. government is persecuted, Intel has to draw a line with China, so we don't have to sympathize with Intel.
Now Intel so insulted China, China of course to take countermeasures, we have noticed that some media people proposed two sanctions, the first is to sanction Intel, and proposed to replace Intel with Samsung, after all, Samsung once surpassed Intel to become the world's largest chip manufacturer; the second is to add Xinjiang cotton to the masks produced in China, now the epidemic is severe, domestic masks are very tight in the world, the United States alone, the number of masks purchased, about equivalent to 100 per American bought.
Frankly speaking, these two methods are not saying that they are not impossible, but the effect is not good, and it may even be counterproductive. First of all, Intel is still the world's strongest chip manufacturer, Samsung did once profit more than Intel, but Samsung is not strong in the field of desktop chips, Samsung's main business is mobile chips and foundry, equivalent to Qualcomm and TSMC complex. Intel has the world's best civilian chip design capabilities, rarely matched, China is unlikely to have a company that can compete with Intel in the short term, once it boycotts Intel, the only choice is AMD, then the United States can fully pressure AMD to make the same statement as Intel, then China even AMD to resist? In that way, many of China's civilian industries will be affected, which is equivalent to hurting itself. And in fact, Intel and China's chip head enterprise SMIC have cooperation, China is actively absorbing Intel's technology, is conducive to the development of Chinese science and technology, if forced to boycott Intel, it may have an impact on China's technology development. I believe that the United States is also looking at this weakness, so it is pressuring Intel to china, rather than choosing Nike as in the past, which can be easily replaced by enterprises, if China resists Intel like Nike, it is equivalent to the plan. Therefore, it is okay to resist Intel and spontaneously launch according to their own needs, but it is not suitable for the country to take corresponding measures.
Moreover, adding Xinjiang cotton to the mask is a pure disgusting operation for foreigners, but the consequences may be very serious. The main raw materials of masks are spunbond non-woven fabrics and meltblown cloth, which have lower costs. However, once cotton is added, the impact on the wearing experience, the cost will increase, the supply chain and production line of all mask manufacturers in the country will be greatly changed, even if the fluctuations caused to the cotton market and the mask market are not considered, the people themselves will be deeply affected, and then endanger the domestic epidemic prevention work. Finally, foreign forces have been allowed to grasp the handle and continue to criticize China, so china's doing so is equivalent to "worse than rotten", harming others and harming itself, which is inconsistent with China's consistent foreign policy.
So is there no way for China to counter it? No, in fact, although Intel's statement this time is very hateful, the culprit is the US government that constantly provokes trouble. If we want to put an end to the provocative style of the US government, we must start with the US government. There are two methods that work better and can really counter the person who deserves to be punished, which two methods?
First, sanctions were announced for transportation equipment, machinery, chemical products, paper products and food products in the US state of Georgia. Why sanction these? Because these are the main export commodities of Georgia, Georgia was recently exposed to the existence of an underground slave trade, by special people through deception and other means to deceive hispanics, Mexican immigrants to the local area, followed by selling to local farmers, let them dig onions, but also these "slave workers" to torture, sexual assault, forced sterilization and other crimes against humanity, before and after more than 70,000 innocent immigrants victimized. Therefore, China can impose sanctions on these major export commodities in Georgia, China is one of the largest exporters in Georgia, as long as China uses forced labor as a name to reverse sanctions against the United States, it can not only retaliate against the United States, but also fundamentally hit the U.S. economy. It can even be deliberately expanded, not only limited to Georgia, many states in the southern United States have deep-rooted racial discrimination, the slave trade is most likely not limited to Georgia, China can completely sanction these states together, just like they did in Xinjiang, many states in the southern United States are dominated by ordinary processing industry and agriculture, even if China sanctions them, it will not have much impact on China.
Second, a documentary was filmed with the participation of Xinjiang people in the manufacture of masks. This method is the same as the purpose of adding Xinjiang cotton to the mask mentioned above, but there is no need to change the wearing experience, cost and manufacturing process of the mask, informing the world how many workers in China are Xinjiang people, and they enjoy the same quality treatment as all other Chinese citizens. It can also have the effect of disgusting the West.
If we want to counteract, we must counter it from the most effective angle, and the best thing is to treat others in the same way as others; the United States dares to fabricate the "human rights lies" in Xinjiang, and China dares to use the human rights problems that have indeed occurred in the United States to fight back, so that the whole world knows that it is precisely the United States itself that really does not respect human rights.