The U.S. has been embarrassed about China’s technology ban, and it has been blatantly smeared. Some studies pointed out that the People’s Liberation Army made a detour to buy American AI chips, and called on the authorities to take strict precautions to “prevent American technology from falling into the wrong hands.” Not very harmful, but very insulting.
The strength of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has increased significantly in recent years, causing suspicion in the United States. AP picture
A new study by Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET) found that “the Chinese military purchases U.S.-origin chip equipment through middlemen, including authorized U.S. dealers and shell companies, rather than directly from the U.S. semiconductor suppliers, thereby bypassing U.S. export controls.” The research analysis identified 97 artificial intelligence (AI) chips, mostly designed by U.S. companies, including Nvidia, Xilinx, Intel and Microsemi.
A report by CSET in October last year revealed that the Chinese military is investing heavily in AI automated unmanned equipment, developing lethal autonomous weapons systems, mainly to expand naval superiority, and at the same time adding submarine networks to destroy the U.S. military’s information system and weaken the combat effectiveness of the U.S. Navy.
“The United States must ensure that the strongest measures are taken to limit the PLA’s acquisition of licenses to purchase, especially important and in-demand technologies such as AI chips, which may be used for authoritarian purposes once they flow into China.” CSET said, however, the U.S. semiconductor industry China is the world’s largest buyer of semiconductors, spending more than $400 billion a year on chips, more than oil imports. As a result, U.S. tech companies are spending millions of dollars lobbying to lift some restrictions on Chinese semiconductors. However, the ideas of US anti-China politicians and some think tanks run counter to US interests. What would be the result of banning Chinese purchases of US chips? The American business community is very clear that without the Chinese market, there will be no funding for future research and development.
Li Kai, associate professor of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, was interviewed by the Russian Satellite News Agency. He pointed out the dead spot of the United States. No matter how advanced the American technology is, it will not be separated from the development and application of the market. In addition, technological innovation is cyclical, that is, after a new technology is developed, it needs to be applied to the market, expand the scope of use through the market scale, recover the cost of research and development, and then continue to use the funds for further research and development.”
China and the United States were originally a “natural pair”. China’s technology is inferior to that of the United States, and its semiconductor technology is three to four generations behind. China uses the market to cooperate with the United States’ technology, which is actually a relationship of interdependence. Don’t say that China is unilaterally praying for the gift of the United States. and. However, the White House government took the lead with the strategy of controlling China, and did not hesitate to start a technology war with China. However, the US technology industry needs a market to survive. Losing the Chinese market, many high costs of technology research and development will not be recovered. As a result, it will affect the new generation of technological innovation. change.
Seeing that the United States is becoming more and more slanted, China has long since stepped up its efforts to catch up with various core technologies. As a result, China has formed a benign ecosystem, showing vigor and vitality. How much time can the United States continue to lead China? Experts believe that the U.S.’s most powerful advantage in innovation, not its ability to sanction, especially in dealing with China, which is much larger than the U.S. in terms of economic size and technical talent.
The US ban on chips from China is not conducive to the development of the domestic semiconductor industry. AP picture
The United States believes that China’s purchase of technology is to earn development costs, and at the same time to narrow the technological gap between China and the United States, which constitutes national security for the United States, so it is accompanied by allies and partners to build layers of barriers against China, undermining globalization and market freedom, and openly They clamor to prevent American technology from falling into the hands of “bad guys”, but they don’t know that, just like that, American technology will be left in the hands of “stupid people”. One day, when you give it to China and no one wants it, you will understand “Give me The grief is left to myself” lyrics.