The Chinese Foreign Ministry today called on the United States to stop promoting a package of laws aimed at boosting its ability to compete with Chinese technology and to stop describing China as a threat.
Οι USA they should not treat China as a fictitious enemy, he said Wang WenbingA State Department spokeswoman said Washington's biggest enemy is itself.
China called on the United States to take appropriate action and avoid hurting Sino-US relations and co-operation in key areas. Wang in regular briefing of journalists.
Yesterday, the US Senate approved, by a vote 68 for and 32 against, a sweeping legislative package aimed at boosting the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology.
The desire for a hard line in relations with China is one of the few cross-party commonalities in a deeply divided US Congress controlled by a narrow majority of the president's Democrats. Joe Biden.
The measure approves approx $ 190 billion as forecasts for boosting American technology and research - and spending separately $ 54 billion to increase US production and research of semiconductors and telecommunications equipment.
The Chinese Parliament expressed "intense indignation and complete opposition»In the bill. He said in a statement that the US bill showed "paranoid illusion that he wants to be the sole winnerAnd has distorted the authentic spirit of innovation and competition.
The bill must also be passed by the House of Representatives before being sent to the White House for signature by the Biden.
The bill has a number of other provisions related to China, including a ban on "lowers»Anyone the social media platform TikTok in government devices, while will block the supply of drones manufactured and sold by companies supported by the Chinese government. It will also allow diplomats and its army Ταϊβάν display their flag and wear their uniforms while in the US on an official mission.
It will also introduce extensive new mandatory sanctions against Chinese entities involved in US cyberattacks or theft of US intellectual property by US companies and provide for the revision of export controls for items that could be used for human rights violations.
The leader of the majority of Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Sumer, warned of negative consequences if the research is not funded to keep the country in line with China.
The same Biden praised the bill: "We are in a race to win the 21st century and the start has been given…. We can not risk being left behind».
Trade Minister Gina Raimondo has said the funding will lead to 7 to 10 new US semiconductor plants.
Many American companies praised the bill. THE General Motors stated that the bill "is an important step in addressing the shortage of semiconductors that continues to affect the US auto industry».
Some critics have likened the Senate's financing effort to China's growth impetus for the high-tech industry known as "Made in China 2025", Which has long bothered the US.
The legislation also aims to offset Beijing's growing global influence through diplomacy, co-operation with allies and enhanced US involvement in international organizations, after the former Republican president Donald Trump, withdrew Washington from the agenda "America first».
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