JUST IN: China Takes Action Against American Computer Chip Giants

China seems to be responding to posturing by U.S. lawmakers by fighting fire with fire.

According to the latest reports, the Chinese Communist Party has issued new guidelines for computer microprocessors in the country.

The government of China has announced a shift away from American microprocessing giants Intel and AMD in favor of using local Chinese manufacturers of CPUs.

In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with this policy. China has every prerogative not to use American chips in its computing, and we have every right not to use Chinese components in our computing products.

America should be for the Americans and American interests, and China should be for the Chinese and China’s interests—all without going to war, of course. Multiple outlets confirmed:

China has implemented new government procurement guidelines. These guidelines prioritise domestic technology, phasing out US Microprocessors like those from Intel as well as microsoft's windows operating system, from government computers and servers@SehgalRahesha tells you more pic.twitter.com/Ip4NCwwGCa

— WION (@WIONews) March 25, 2024

China is restricting the use of chips made by U.S. companies Intel and AMD in government devices in favor of processors from local firms like Huawei. pic.twitter.com/FRNXwgLdk0

— TaiwanPlus News (@taiwanplusnews) March 25, 2024

Zero Hedge explained:

Among the 18 approved processors were chips from Huawei and state-backed group Phytium.

Both are on Washington’s export blacklist.

Chinese processor makers are using a mixture of chip architectures including Intel’s x86, Arm and homegrown ones, while operating systems are derived from open-source Linux software.

“US sanctions stopped sales of advanced chips to China, so they quickly developed their own technology,” one social media page wrote in response to the news.

BREAKING: 🇨🇳 China starts blocking use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers.

US sanctions stopped sales of advanced chips to China, so they quickly developed their own technology. pic.twitter.com/RKwTyZyb2y

— Radar🚨 (@RadarHits) March 24, 2024

China has apparently blocked the use of Intel and AMD processors in government computers.

This comes after they blocked the use of iPhones by government officials pic.twitter.com/4xB96mJDUv

— Anthony (@TheGalox_) March 25, 2024

Fox Business added:

The new procurement guidance also looks to bring an end to the use of Microsoft’s Windows operating system as well as foreign-made database software on Chinese government devices in favor of domestic options, the report said.