Dialogue can help prevent differences from destabilizing overall Sino-US economic ties: China Daily editorial

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The objective is to make commercial engagement with China in high-tech sectors politically indefensible. The timing of the congressional questioning is equally suggestive. Its…

The political storm surrounding Nvidia soon after the midterm elections in the United States is about considerably more than a company or the conduct of its former chief executive. Its timing, the congressional reaction and the legislative ambitions now gathering momentum in Washington point to a larger objective: building political support for tougher high-tech restrictions against China.

The speed with which a corporate controversy has been converted into an argument for sweeping technology restrictions is revealing. The objective is to make commercial engagement with China in high-tech sectors politically indefensible.

The timing of the congressional questioning is equally suggestive. Its proximity to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, where artificial intelligence is expected to feature prominently in discussions, is difficult to dismiss as coincidence. While the APEC meeting offers an opportunity to explore practical cooperation and establish channels for AI dialogue, the political theater of the US Congress bodes otherwise.

The US administration's own rhetoric also illustrates its intention. Its promotion of "Pax Silica", an initiative designed to make AI and semiconductor supply chains less dependent on China, seeks to turn technological competition into a geopolitical alignment test for other countries. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's latest attempt to baselessly link Chinese AI models to cyberattacks that disrupted supermarket refrigeration systems in France is another example. Turning an unresolved cybersecurity incident into an "indictment" of another country's technology says more about the political anxieties of some in Washington than about the actual risks of AI.

Some US officials repeatedly invoke "security" to justify restricting Chinese technology, while the US itself continues to face its own serious AI-related cybersecurity and governance challenges.

As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning…

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