Japan Restricts Chipmaking Equipment Exports as It Aligns With US China Curbs (reuters.com) 12
Japan said on Friday it will restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its technology trade controls with a U.S. push to curb China's ability to make advanced chips. From a report: Japan, home to major chip equipment makers such as Nikon and Tokyo Electron, did not specify China as the target of the restrictions, saying manufacturers would need to seek export permission for all regions. "We are fulfilling our responsibility as a technological nation to contribute to international peace and stability," Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura told a news conference. Japan wants to stop its advanced technology being used for military purposes and does not have a specific country in mind, he said. But the decision, coming ahead of a weekend visit to Beijing by Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi, will be seen as a major win for the U.S., which in October announced sweeping restrictions on access to chipmaking technology to slow China's technological and military advances.
This is mostly symbolic (Score:2)
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They are getting onboard, albeit a bit more piecemeal
Dutch bolster US fight with China by announcing export restrictions on chip tech [theverge.com]
EU Ready for Coordinated Approach to Advanced Chip Restrictions [bloomberg.com]
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Not a bad FP branch, though I don't know about your premise. The real threat is that China develops local capabilities and this is just one more motivational factor from that perspective.
For what it is worth, the story did get a lot of coverage on NHK today. Extremely shallow coverage, I'm sad to report.
It should be remembered that many Chinese people have a long view of things. The "normal state of the world" is for China to be the leading, even top, civilization. China just went through a couple of bad ce
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Premise is only that Europe is on board or getting onboard with the semiconductor sanctions and restrictions on China, which now with Japan makes a pretty solid line of "western" technology nations versus China.
And yes, the risk is China developing local capabilities but I think the thought process is China is just doing that anyway so just letting them have all the tech is just making their lives easier? Now what that really depends on is how you view the Xi/CCP regime. If you think it's dangerous for any
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Not clear to me if your interpretation of the premise matches OP's, but that's the direction I was trying to tilt.
However, as regards your last paragraph, I think there are two major reasons. (1) Number of engineers, and (2) China's relative lack of religious BS baggage and broader lack of general anti-scientific elements running amok. (Perhaps a local problem in America?) And you didn't mention India. That's a country that has potential to compete on (1), but there's also the strong likelihood that China i
Slow China's technological advances? (Score:2)
This seems like it is at best a short term solution. If/when countries have tries this, other countries decide more needs to be done "in-house". China is doing that now and if/when they get more advanced, they too will restrict the flow of their new tech artificially slowing mankind's advancements for no real reason.
It's a shame we can't see past all that and work together more. We are all still human. And we have one world to live on together.
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Who are you really talking about? Please search NYTimes for The Dangerous Race to Put More Children to Work
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This seems like it is at best a short term solution. If/when countries have tries this, other countries decide more needs to be done "in-house". China is doing that now and if/when they get more advanced, they too will restrict the flow of their new tech artificially slowing mankind's advancements for no real reason.
It's a shame we can't see past all that and work together more. We are all still human. And we have one world to live on together.
The US, tech powerhouse that it is, still can't replicate what the Dutch and Japanese have done. It's doubtful that the Chinese can do what the US has been unable to do, especially over the next few years. Well, at least absent industrial espionage. If developing this advanced technology were that easy, i.e., if it were simply a matter of money and manpower, then the US would have poured the necessary money into sidelining the Dutch and Japanese and dominating all aspects of global chipmaking. That the
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"Chipmaking equipment manufacturing is far more complex, and it would be an unimaginable surprise to see the Chinese conquer that challenge by themselves, again absent industrial espionage."
So the Dutch and Japanese could figure it out, but the Chinese with the advantage of knowing what can be done, reverse engineering, etc. would be "an unimaginable surprise" to figure it out?
Free trade is so outmoded (Score:1)