China Responds to US Adding Supercomputing Firms to Entity List
The U.S. placement of seven Chinese supercomputing entities on the entity list (see 2104080011) is an attempt to “unscrupulously and maliciously suppress Chinese high-tech companies,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said April 9 during a regular press conference, according to a…
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transcript provided. The spokesperson decried the placement as driven by U.S. “desire to maintain” its scientific edge over China and an abuse of the “national security concept.” Despite these punitive measures to development, China said, it has become a tech innovator in the field of supercomputing due to its “independent innovation.” The spokesperson said the U.S. measures will only make China more determined to innovate in this field. The comments were in response to a question from a Bloomberg reporter, according to the transcript.