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Biden’s new policy reveals that the standard narrative of China’s unstoppable rise and America’s ruthless decline rests on flawed assumptions. The United States continues to have enormous economic and technological advantages over China, and as Mr. Biden has just indicated, Washington is increasingly willing to use them against its communist rival. Above all, Biden’s export controls are a harsh expression of American will — and a deliberate reminder that America has them in many ways and China doesn’t. Technology analyst Gregory Allen, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote that Biden “wields technological and geopolitical power on an incredible scale.” »

– Michael Schumann, contributor to The American Journal Atlantic Ocean In Beijing, analysis of the fallout from new restrictions imposed by the United States on semiconductor exports to China, which now affects American engineers employed by Chinese companies. These restrictions were announced two days before Xi Jinping consolidated his absolute power in China at the National Congress of the Communist Party.

Note: Another excerpt from Schumann’s analysis of the implications of fully implementing strict controls on the export of US chip technology to China: “This is a severe blow to Xi’s ambitions to compete with the United States, like the Chinese president. He reached the height of his political influence. Even as Xi laid out his vision of ‘Great Renewal’.” To the nation, noting that he saw China’s technological achievements as essential, Mr. Biden showed that the United States still had the will — and the bite — to defend its primacy.”

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