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Wednesday August 21, 2019
By Li QingqingThe US Department of Commerce on
Monday (US time) announced that it
had added 46 additional subsidiaries
of Chinese telecommunications gi-
ant Huawei to its so-called Entity List.
More than 100 Huawei entities have
been covered by the restrictions since
May.
This is an important US move to
comprehensively block Huawei. It
also refl ects a clear message of the US
strategy: The US wants to launch a
technological cold war against China.
And the war appears to have started.
Realistic or not, the US has al-
ready adopted the strategy to com-
pletely decouple with China in high
technology, and to force the world to
decouple from China in the fi eld. To
some US elites, Huawei is not a Chi-
nese company anymore, nor do they
care much about whether Huawei’s
technology is advanced and practical.
In their view, Huawei has become a
symbol and a representative: Who-
ever accepts Huawei stands together
with China, and whoever shuts Hua-
wei out chooses the US side. The US
is using a company to set the line, and
this is unprecedented and ridiculous.
When facing US suppression,China should cast aside its illusions
and get prepared. China should keep
walking on the path of independent
technological innovation. For ex-
ample, Huawei’s self-developed Har-
mony operating system is a good start
for technological innovation. This is
an alternative to Google’s Android
operating system, and more impor-
tantly, it will enable China to have a
greater say in technology worldwide.
Huawei, as well as other Chinese
high-tech enterprises, needs to have
a plan B.
The US pressure should never
aff ect China’s reform and opening-
up. Under such pressure, China will
open up even wider. We always wel-
come countries and enterprises will-
ing to cooperate with us, including
cooperation and opening-up in tech-
nology and markets.
China provides the world with its
technology, which has the highest
possible quality and the lowest possi-
ble price. Unlike rising unilateralism
in the US, China has always believed
that the world is heading toward mul-
tipolarism. Although the process maybe full of twists and turns, China’s
pace will never be stopped by any ex-
ternal force.
Washington should understand
that its moves will hurt US interests
as well. The US hardly has the abil-
ity to form a brand-new high-tech
system by itself. The situation is
completely diff erent from what it was
during the Cold War years. Complete
decoupling from China will seriously
aff ect and restrain the US own high-
tech development. It is unlikely that
other countries’ high technology will
completely follow the US and help
the US. After all, many of today’s
high-tech breakthroughs do not hap-
pen in the US.
Indeed, Washington can impose
an export restriction on Huawei. But
Washington can never stop the trend
of advancement in global technology.
By imposing sanctions on Chinese
enterprises, the US will only isolate
itself and lag behind others. Since
China’s technology has already be-
come indispensable in the world,
other countries will make their own
right choice.Voices
“I sincerely hope that this
was the beginning of society
returning to peace and staying
away from violence.”
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong chief executive,
saying she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government
protest was the start of an eff ort to restore calm and that
talks with non-violent protesters would provide “a way
out” for the city, quoted by Reuters on Tuesday.
“All this elicits regret, the
United States has obviously
taken the course of escalating
military tensions... We won’t
allow ourselves to be pulled
into a costly arms race.”
Sergei Ryabkov, Russian deputy foreign
minister,
accusing the United States of stoking military tensions
by testing a ground-launched cruise missile, but saying it
would not be drawn into an arms race, quoted by Reuters
on Tuesday.
US to suff er from tech sanctions on China
O
BSERVER
Page Editor:
[email protected]Illustration: Liu Rui/GTPence’s threat on HK aff airs outrageous
U
S Vice President Mike Pence
said in a threatening tone
on Monday that for the US
to make a trade deal with China, Bei-
jing needs to honor its commitments,
including China’s commitment to re-
spect the legal integrity of Hong Kong
in keeping with the 1984 Sino-British
Joint Declaration. He also said it would
be much harder for the US to reach a
trade deal if there was violence in Hong
Kong. Pence’s use of the Sino-British
Joint Declaration in this way is decep-
tive.
Senior US offi cials have recently
linked the Sino-US economic and trade
negotiations with the aff airs of Hong
Kong. Pence’s remarks on Monday
were the most stark and outrageous.
Hong Kong aff airs are China’s in-
ternal aff airs. The US has no basis tointerfere in Hong Kong aff airs under
international law, nor does it have the
ability to infl uence how China solve
Hong Kong problem independently.
The US had been putting pressure
on China all the time. It imposed a
complete blockade in the early days of
the People’s Republic of China, and the
US also had serious confrontation with
China after 1978.
In the near term, its trade war with
China has been going from tens of bil-
lions of dollars to hundreds of billions
of dollars. Moreover, it has used all the
economic levers to pressure a group
of Chinese high-tech companies such
as Huawei. What is the result? After
70 years of ups and downs, China has
grown into the world’s second larg-
est economy. As the trade war drags
on, the Chinese economy has becomemore resilient and technological inno-
vation has been greatly spurred. The
trade war between the US and China
has provided an impetus to the overall
upgrade of China’s strength.
We believe that the US has learned
that imposing maximum pressure on
China will not work. But the American
system is preventing the US decision-
making team from correcting their
wrong radical policies in time.
The real interests of the American
people have long been divided, dis-
persed and fragmented by the US po-
litical system. They have to buy more
expensive goods because of the tariff
war with China. Some of their jobs are
threatened. But they were deceived by
the American government and elites
who supported the radical line. As the
new presidential election approaches,partisan interests will more and more
overwhelm the US national interests.
Pence’s remarks meant that the US
was jumping to the fore over Hong
Kong when economic pressure did
not work. Adding fuel to the fi re, the
US also confi rmed it would sell 66 F-
16V fi ghter jets to the island of Taiwan.
Washington is taking more actions on
the issue of human rights. It is foresee-
able that the US side will put all of its
cards on the table.
However, the US is making strate-
gic mistakes. The US wants to revive
its domestic economy, but choosing a
confl ict in such an important direction
is bound to lead to a serious distrac-
tion of resources and attention. China
will stand fi rm, not fail, and history
will conclude: America has chosen the
wrong adversary at the wrong time.Opening Pandora’s Box