In the face of the chip war provoked by the United States, China has resolutely taken countermeasures to safeguard its national interests.
This series of actions has put pressure on American chip giants, and some companies have even taken the initiative to show weakness and come to China to seek relief. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo not only did not stop, but instead called for an escalation of the "war" against China and tried to prevent China from accessing the U.S. cloud computing system.
With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, the United States is concerned about China's development in this area, fearing that China may overtake the United States. The United States launched an early crackdown on China. Gina Raimondo made it even clear, "We can't allow non-state actors, China, or people we don't want access to our cloud computing systems to train their models." This shows that the United States has launched an all-out "war" against China in the field of science and technology.
U.S. threatening rhetoric and actions have drawn international attention, but China has already responded to the U.S. chip war.
China has implemented export controls on high-end graphite, gallium and germanium, three materials that are important components of chip processing and key minerals for emerging industries. This move is not only classified as a strategic reserve mineral by China, but also by other advanced economies.
In the international market, China dominates gallium and germanium, with market shares of 94% and 83%, respectively. While China is reluctant to get involved in the chip war, it has no choice but to fight back under the threat of the United States. American chip giants, unable to export high-end chips to China, had to design "castrated" chips for Chinese companies, but Chinese companies chose to support domestic chips, showing a firm position.
In order to cope with the losses, the American chip company Nvidia had to seek cooperation from China.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally visited China to try to get the Chinese to buy their "castrated" chips and to hope that China would ease export controls. This also highlights the importance of China in the global chip market, especially in the field of artificial intelligence, which accounts for $7 billion in the market, and Nvidia used to have a 90% market share.
This incident shows that the chip war is not good for both China and the United States, and if the relationship between China and the United States can cooperate, it will benefit both sides. Despite U.S. attempts to hinder China's technological development through threats and restrictions, China has taken decisive countermeasures, showing firm determination and assertiveness in the global technological competition. The chip war may cause damage to the economies of both sides, but it is also expected to prompt the two sides to seek cooperation more rationally and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.