According to relevant reports, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has now concluded his trip to Shanghai and is coming to Beijing to prepare for a meeting and conversation with mainland officials.
But just as Blinken arrived in Beijing, the United States announced that it would review the mainland's chip technology. At the same time, mainland Huawei also announced a blockbuster news.
On April 24, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai, China, to begin his second visit to China, and before his departure, the U.S. side announced that Blinken would once again express concern to China about the issue of "overcapacity".
You must know that the United States has done many things to provoke the mainland in recent times, first the threat of Yellen's visit to China, and then the medium-range missile launch system of the Philippine side.
Therefore, when Blinken came to Beijing to talk with mainland Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Foreign Minister Wang Yi directly issued a warning, saying that the United States should not interfere in the mainland's internal affairs, should not suppress the mainland's development, and should not step on the mainland's red lines concerning the mainland's sovereignty, security, and development interests.
According to relevant reports, the US Department of Commerce is currently reviewing the risks posed by China's use of RISC-V chip technology.
RISC-V is an open-source instruction set architecture that allows anyone to design, manufacture and sell RISC-V chips and software, and most of the current senior members of the RISC-V International Foundation are Chinese companies.
According to relevant reports, the 18 members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Congress did not want China to become a dominant player in the field of RISC-V technology, so they sent a letter to the Biden administration to put pressure.
The letter said that although RISC-V's open-source cooperation can bring a lot of progress and benefits to U.S. semiconductors, it cannot be something that helps achieve China's technological goals and geopolitical interests.
Then, on April 23, the U.S. Department of Commerce replied that it was already working to review "potential risks" and evaluate whether to take appropriate actions to address potential problems.
It is not the first time that the United States has targeted the mainland chip industry, and in the past few years, it has targeted the mainland Huawei company, which almost made Huawei's mobile phones face a situation where no cores are available.
However, fortunately, Huawei later achieved independent research and development, and the performance was not weaker than that of the United States, so the United States' intentions were completely shattered.
This time, the United States sent Blinken to visit China, but before the visit, it had been building momentum for Blinken and sanctioning a number of Chinese companies, hoping to increase Blinken's bargaining chips.
It can only be said that such an idea of the US side will eventually be shattered, and their behavior will only make Blinken's visit to China more difficult, and even return in vain like Yellen.
This time, as soon as the United States was revealed to be sanctioning the mainland's research and development in RISC-V, Huawei announced a blockbuster news on the back foot.
According to relevant news reports, in the first quarter of 2024, Huawei will once again be the No. 1 in the market after 13 quarters, accounting for 17% of the market share.
However, Apple fell to the fifth position, accounting for 15% of the entire market, and it can be said that as soon as this news was announced, the United States was going to be uncomfortable again.
You must know that in the past, when Raimondo visited China, the mainland Huawei company immediately held a new product launch conference, which is to tell the United States that although you sanction Huawei, Huawei can still produce new products that are not inferior to you in terms of performance.
In October last year, the United States issued a final rule on semiconductor export controls for the mainland, which severely restricted the export of artificial intelligence-related chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to the mainland.
The U.S. has even directly included a number of mainland entities in the "entity list" for export control, so that U.S. companies can more abide by the rules and prevent technology from flowing into the mainland.
However, mainland chips are still developing steadily, and on April 21 this year, a U.S. media interviewed U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo.
In the interview, the reporter directly asked Raimondo face-to-face about the Huawei incident last year, and the wording was not very sharp, which made Raimondo very embarrassed for a while.
You must know that since Huawei conquered 5G technology, the United States has never terminated sanctions on Huawei, because they want to slow down Huawei's development and make up for the gap between the United States and Huawei.
But what the United States did not expect was that instead of being overwhelmed, Huawei was developing better and better under pressure, and Huawei's overall revenue has been steadily increasing.
It can be said that Huawei has been on the right track and survived the most difficult time, and it can also be seen from the sales volume that Huawei's future prospects are very bright.
This time, Blinken was sent to China to visit China, trying to put pressure on the mainland in this way, but he was slapped in the face by Huawei, which is also very happy.
It is hoped that the United States will be able to think clearly that cooperation with China should be achieved on an equal footing, instead of threatening the mainland with an arrogant attitude that it must do things according to their ideas.
Such behavior of the United States will only make them suffer the consequences, whether it is sanctions in the field of chips, or the so-called "excessive energy" theory of the mainland, these are things that touch the bottom line of the mainland.
Therefore, no matter what kind of behavior the United States makes, the mainland will not be able to concede a step in these areas, still less will it give up development in accordance with the will of the United States.
After a long period of US sanctions, we understand that the more the adversary sanctions, the more they want to develop, and whoever has it is better to have it than to have it themselves, as long as they master these technologies, they are not afraid of any other sanctions.
On the other hand, the United States, because it has been sanctioning the development of the mainland in recent years, has also affected its domestic economy a lot, and it is even very likely that it will face an economic crisis again.
Therefore, the United States should abandon the so-called hegemonic ideology and take the initiative to communicate and cooperate with China, only in this way can its own economy gradually recover, otherwise they will have to reap the consequences.
Bibliography:
Global Network - April 25, 2024 "Foreign media: The U.S. Department of Commerce sent a letter to the U.S. Congress, saying that it is reviewing the "risks" caused by China's use of RISC-V chip technology, and the excuse is still "national security""
National Business Daily - April 26, 2024 "The latest report!11.7 million units, Huawei jumped back to the first place! Apple fell to fifth place"