China Vows ‘Forceful Measures' After Taiwan's Huawei Export Curb
Beijing vowed to respond to Taiwan's 'technological blockades' after the self-ruled island blacklisted Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies Co., limiting their ability to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
'We will take forceful measures to resolutely safeguard the normal order of cross-strait economic and trade exchange,' Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian said Wednesday at a regular briefing in Beijing. She was responding to a question about Taiwan' recent curbs on Chinese companies, and didn't elaborate on how Beijing would respond.
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