Important read by Peking Univ. scholar Lu Feng (路风) on the 🇺🇸-🇨🇳 #CHIP War.
▫️ "Since the #UnitedStates has used its ‘nuclear weapon’ [i.e. tech] against China, #China should strike back and use its own ‘nuclear weapon’ [i.e. its market]."
A SUMMARY:
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▫️ "Since the #UnitedStates has used its ‘nuclear weapon’ [i.e. tech] against China, #China should strike back and use its own ‘nuclear weapon’ [i.e. its market]."
A SUMMARY:
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2⃣ Beijing must stop pursuing individual technological targets and should come up with a comprehensive strategy aimed at developing an “independent industrial base” for #semiconductors.
3⃣ Chinese companies are already present in almost every part of the semiconductor #SupplyChain. The key for #China today is to help foster strong supply and demand links between these companies.
4⃣ Beijing should set up a body similar to the Mao era’s Central Special Committee [中央专委] that would directly oversee the development of this industrial base.
6⃣ China should focus less on developing advanced chips and more on building up a domestic #industrial chain capable of producing mature chips (≥28nm).
7⃣ #China’s goal should be to become the world’s main supplier of mature chips and ultimately use this dominance as a weapon against the #UnitedStates and others (if and when necessary).
9⃣ Lu is adamant that #China should implement strong countermeasures in response to the US’s current crackdown. Backing down will only make matters worse, he says.
▫️ Lu concludes: "It is time for #China to harden its fist and develop the ability to grab hold of the other side by the ‘throat’ [扼住对方的‘咽喉’的功力]. Only then will the other party acknowledge that we both belong to a ‘community with a shared future for mankind’."
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