China’s Xi urges countries to confront ‘technology blockades’ in swipe at US

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged political parties across the world to confront any country that seeks to stop another’s development and engages in “technology blockades.”  

Xi made the remark at the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit, involving representatives of 500 parties from 160 countries such as Russia, Zimbabwe, Cuba, and Burkina Faso on Tuesday, making an indirect reference to the United States, which considers China its strategic competitor.

“Together, we must oppose all acts of unilateralism in the name of multilateralism, hegemony, and power politics,” he said at the virtual meeting, stressing that any country engaged in “technology blockades” and “developmental decoupling” should be opposed.

“Looking from the angle of ‘my country first,’ the world is narrow and crowded and often full of fierce competition,” Xi said, in apparent reference to former US president Donald Trump’s “America first” policy.

The Chinese president further renewed a call to work toward “building a community with a shared future for mankind.”

This comes as US President Joe Biden has sought support from the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to take concrete steps to counter China’s rising global influence.

Last week, Xi said his country would no longer allow any foreign force to bully and oppress it, warning that anyone who tries to do so will “be badly battered by the Chinese nation’s perseverance.”

Xi vows China will never be bullied as country marks party centenary

China’s President Xi Jinping says his country will no longer allow any foreign forces to bully and oppress it, warning that anyone who tries to do so will “be badly battered by the Chinese nation’s perseverance.”

He made the remarks during a speech at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, as celebrations to mark 100 years since the founding of the ruling party got underway in the Chinese capital.

Guo Yezhou, vice-minister of the International Department, who organized the event, said the virtual gathering was meant to help the international community “adjust more quickly to the rise of China” and for Beijing to gain more “understanding, support, and companionship.”

The latest development comes as Chinese diplomats have often criticized the United States for trying to hamper China’s development by cutting off its access to US technology.

Last year, Washington imposed restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei, severely limiting its ability to use American technology to design and manufacture semiconductors produced for it abroad.

The sanctions came amid heightened US-China tensions and claims by Washington that Chinese firms are being used for spying, despite repeated denials by Beijing.

Washington is increasingly alarmed about the security implications of Chinese technology, and has tightened its rules to keep better tabs on the acquisition of key technology by China, setting in motion changes to the global supply chain.

Relations between the world’s two largest economies deteriorated sharply since Trump imposed punitive trade tariffs on China in 2018, igniting a trade war.

The two countries are also at odds over a range of issues, including alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong, China’s territorial claims on Chinese Taipei, and most of the South China Sea as well as the origin of the coronavirus.

China hoped for an improvement in relations under Biden, who succeeded Trump in January, but the new administration has shown no sign of backing down on hardline policies toward China.

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