I think it's especially funny that the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo made the comment, that it won't be tolerated by the U.S. This whole trade war is a double-edged sword for both countries.
U.S. bans TikTok over data privacy claims, now China bans Micron chips in their critical infrastructure, If the U.S. bans something, it's cool and justified but If China does that, it's terrible and "how could they, they don't have proof".
I would have liked to hear the reasoning of the person, without being interrupted by the interviewer. Asking follow-up questions is very important, but interrupting one's explanation is contra productive.
So what I understood from the video is, that the U.S. has a "transparency framework", and China doesn't have that, and that's why the U.S. is allowed to ban China's technology, but not the other way around.
Furthermore, I hope people realize that the video has been cut at the end, to make it appear that the interviewed person leaves the platform after being asked that question.
The reality is that everybody knows that US bans Chinese companies in order to hobble China technologically and economically. US officials say this openly. China is retaliating in kind now and turns out US can dish it out but can't take it. At the end of the day US can't dictate to China what technology China will use or what companies they will work with. Deciding that is China's sovereign right.
But in reality seems to have less to do with aiding and abetting the US and more to do with pursuing their own business interests at the expense of CCP-owned corps:
Micron is almost the lone big chip player in the US to have not only launched multiple intellectual property lawsuits… records show that Micron has lobbied the US government at least 170 times to raise questions about China's competition.
The unmistakable message is intended to be a chilling one, then.
The threat continues through the rest of the piece:
[Other companies] cannot afford to lose China's huge market. And playing a double game like Micron will just backfire on them.
Been a while since I read the SCMP. I guess the mainland isn't hiding the strings it has on the editorial board these days.
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