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cntechpost.com, Aug. 05, 2020 – 

How do we understand the many restrictions the US has placed on China's high-tech industry?

Similar restrictions have been in place for a long time, said Richard Chang, founder and former CEO of China's leading contract chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), at the Third Generation Semiconductor Development Opportunity Exchange Summit in China.

He said that attitudes have varied from administration to administration and that Trump's approach to China has been the toughest.

What's the reason for the massive crackdown on Chinese technology, mainly 5G communications, and the restrictions?

Richard Chang says that when the US found out that China was putting a lot of competitive pressure on it, the head of the US administration will want to go for a crackdown.

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