According to the U.S. media Axios news website, on January 18, local time, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, together with the Ohio District Police, conducted a raid on the subsidiary of Chinese company Sanxiang Technology in Ohio, and then the U.S. Department of Homeland Security also confirmed the operation, saying that the ongoing investigation was led by the federal government.
Sanxiang and its U.S. subsidiaries have not commented on the incident, but there are reports that members of the U.S. House of Representatives' "China Select Committee" sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas in September last year, accusing Sanxiang of trade fraud by moving some of its production to Thailand in an attempt to evade U.S. tariffs.
U.S. House of Representatives
As a well-known "anti-China committee" in the U.S. Congress, the "China Special Committee" has maliciously accused Chinese companies not once or twice, or whenever you see the news that the "China Special Committee" accuses Chinese companies or China, it is basically malicious accusation and smear suppression, so there is no doubt that what happened to Sanxiang Technology is that these American politicians are moaning without illness.
At the same time, the United States has more suppression of Chinese companies, according to foreign media reports, two committees of the United States Congress (which should include the "China Special Committee"), sent a letter to the Swiss company ABB, asking for an explanation of the problem of doing business with Chinese companies while cooperating with the US government, especially ABB's use of software and technology used in Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries packing cranes at US ports.
Wang Wenbin
In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin bluntly pointed out that "it seems that the persecution paranoia of relevant US politicians is getting more and more serious," and put forward three rhetorical questions in one breath: Why do US politicians blindly accuse Chinese companies of threatening US national security without any evidence? Why do US leaders in various industries threaten US national security? Why do other countries not feel that Chinese products pose a security threat, and why does the United States still coerce them to ban Chinese companies?
Wang Wenbin concluded that as far as these US politicians are concerned, whatever China is advanced or whatever is a threat, it is necessary to take all measures to suppress it, and China can only export shirts and socks so that it will not pose a security threat to the United States, and these practices are completely naked and hegemonic acts, and despicable acts should be condemned and opposed by the international community.
The United States wields the stick of sanctions
Wang Wenbin's speech can be said to be in one sentence, which shows that the essence of the United States' suppression of Chinese enterprises is to deprive China of the right to legitimate development in order to maintain its dominant position in the global cutting-edge field, if China is still at the bottom of the industrial chain as in the early days of reform and opening up, and honestly does the "garment factory" of Western developed countries, it will never be accused of threatening US national security.
However, the times are different, 700 million shirts for a large plane has become history, China is gradually transforming into a technology-based country through industrial upgrading, in this process Western countries represented by the United States are very vigilant, worried that China's industrial upgrading will break its system of building exploitation of developing countries, so desperately suppress China and Chinese enterprises, especially which Chinese enterprises are advanced to hit which.
The United States cracks down on Huawei
The same era is different, representing China's status in the global industrial chain is also different, and the United States' suppression of China will inevitably be counterattacked, and the US media "Voice of America" recently reported that the data released by China Customs shows that China's gallium and germanium exports to the United States will be completely stopped after July 2023, and gallium exports to Japan will drop by about 75%, and germanium will fall by about 33%.
As a key material for the production of advanced semiconductor chips, China's restriction on the export of gallium and germanium related items is, to a certain extent, countering the United States' stuck, after all, without key materials, the United States is trying its best to maintain its technological advantages in the semiconductor field, and it is impossible to gain benefits from monopoly, which is called you fight yours, I fight mine.
China Chip
Of course, China's countermeasures are not limited to the control of key materials, but also include catching up in the field of technology, you must know that Chinese are born with the will to be self-reliant and independent, so the external blockade cannot trap China in a cage, but will accelerate China's catch-up in the semiconductor field.