Washington treats tech capability itself as a threat, and Beijing mirrors it
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-10-20
This is not WMD control: advanced semis, AI, and manufacturing tech are overwhelmingly commercial even with military uses. Washington now treats broad technological capability itself as the national security threat, and Beijing — having noticed — is fully mirroring the approach. What began with ZTE and Huawei is now a broader contest over who controls access to critical technologies, and Beijing has learned relatively fast.
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