Containing China's technology ecosystem will remain a US policy priority
The most significant achievement of last week’s meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping was that it took place. The post-meeting readout by the White House conceded little, saying that the meeting was “candid and constructive" and set the tone at the outset by noting that the US president “emphasized that the United States and China are in competition, noting that the United States would continue to invest in the sources of American strength at home and align with allies and partners around the world." So how come Xi Jinping turned down his cold imperial style and suspended the ‘wolf warrior’ mode of Chinese diplomacy for a meeting where the US conceded nothing? New York Times journalist David Sanger observed that, “Mr Xi voiced his longest and loudest protests about the cutoff of the fastest computer chips, which Mr. Biden responded would help the Chinese military. Chinese official media issued a reminder highlighting Xi’s argument that “China’s development is driven by innovation, and stifling China’s technological progress is nothing but a move to contain China’s high-quality development and deprive the Chinese people of their right to development."
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