Beijing's 7-year effort to build a counter-toolkit to US tech controls
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-10-20
Beijing's latest MOFCOM export controls are another step in China's seven-year effort to build a full counter-toolkit to Washington's weaponization of tech supply chains. What began with ZTE and Huawei is now a much broader contest over who controls access to critical technologies — and Beijing has learned relatively fast. Thread opener.
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