Chinese state media criticized the US as an aspiring "surveillance empire" over its plans to use asset tracking tags to monitor GPU shipments meant for the black market. The US has implemented export controls to limit Chinese access to advanced chips and equipment. Proposed legislation requires American chipmakers to implement tracking features to prevent sensitive electronics from reaching countries like China. Meanwhile, the US is embedding location devices on server shipments, which state media compares to science fiction concepts. The article highlights the ongoing tension and technology rivalry between the two nations.
"While accusing others of spying, Washington runs the world's most sprawling intelligence apparatus. Steeped in Cold War paranoia, some American politicians see trade not as a channel for mutual exchange, but as another theater for covert operations."
"US export controls enacted over the past few presidential administrations have steadily cut off Chinese companies from America's most powerful chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment necessary to build them."
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