BEIJING \u2014 China\u2019s government on Friday criticized the Biden administration\u2019s curbs on access to U.S. technology for its supercomputer developers and said sanctions \u201conly strengthen China\u2019s determination\u201d to invent its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sanctions announced Thursday block access to U.S. technology for researchers and manufacturers the Commerce Department said build supercomputers used by the Chinese military in weapons development. They can be used to simulate nuclear explosions and the aerodynamics of high-speed or stealth aircraft and missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The penalties are the latest sign President Joe Biden is sticking to the tough line taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, toward Chinese tech industries seen by Washington as potential threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The step adds to conflict over the ruling Communist Party\u2019s industrial plans, access to American technology and accusations of computer attacks and theft of business secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, accused Washington of misusing phony security warnings to \u201cmaliciously suppress\u201d Chinese industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cContainment and suppression by the United States cannot stop the pace of China\u2019s scientific and technological progress, but will only strengthen China\u2019s determination and will to innovate independently,\u201d Zhao said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zhao said Beijing would protect its companies, echoing Chinese warnings after previous U.S. trade penalties that often are followed by no action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden has said he wants better relations with Beijing but has given no indication he will roll back sanctions imposed by Trump on Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei and other companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Communist Party has responded by declaring that accelerating efforts to transform China into a self-reliant \u201ctechnology power\u201d will be this year\u2019s top economic priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chinese supercomputers have set speed records but use U.S.-supplied processor chips and other hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe United States has implemented a technical blockade of China in the supercomputer field for a long time, but China\u2019s supercomputers still lead the world due to independent innovation,\u201d Zhao said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. penalties apply to National Supercomputing Centers in the cities of Jinan, Shenzhen, Wuxi and Zhengzhou, Tianjin Phytium Information Technology, Shanghai High-Performance Integrated Circuit Design Center and Sunway Microelectronics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, American telecom regulators are in the process of stripping three Chinese phone carriers of the right to operate in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump also tried to force the Chinese owner of video service TikTok to sell its U.S. unit and issued an order barring Americans from investing in securities of companies deemed by the Pentagon to be linked to China\u2019s military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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