An online report by state broadcaster CCTV mentioned the chip machinery, but quoted Xi as saying that the creation of scientific and generational barriers and the fragmentation of trade and origin chains will lead to division and confrontation.
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“Other Chinese are also entitled to valid progress, and no force can impede the speed of China’s clinical and technological progress,” Xi said, according to CCTV.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Sustainable Trade and Investment on Nov. 19, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Xi told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that attempts to limit China’s access to generation will not do so. impede the progress of the country. (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
Rutte and Trade Minister Geoffrey van Leeuwen are also expected to discuss the wars in Ukraine and Gaza during their meetings with Xi and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, according to a Dutch government ahead of his trip.
China has taken an even-handed stance on the war in Ukraine, offering Russia a diplomatic and economic flag through trade. This stance has angered and frustrated much of Europe, which sees Russia as the aggressor and Ukraine as the victim.
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“I will try to show what it is like for the Netherlands, for our security, that Russia does not win, that Russia loses, and that we also ask an intelligent friend like China to understand that,” Rutte said in a video message recorded on a street in a historic tourist district of Beijing.
In the video, posted on X, he said he would talk about intellectual asset rights, subsidies and human rights.
The Dutch company ASML is the world’s only manufacturer of excessive ultraviolet lithography machines for manufacturing complex semiconductors. By 2023, China will become ASML’s second-largest market, accounting for 29% of its revenue, and Chinese corporations will buy gadgets before licensing is required. entered into force.
Beijing has continually accused the United States of trying to curb China’s economic progress by restricting access to technology. In response, Xi introduced a crusade to expand the production of chips and other high-tech products.
“China opposes the U. S. over-expanding the concept of national security and using various excuses to force other countries to impose a generational blockade against China,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in January.
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ASML, the largest company in the Netherlands, recently threatened to leave the country due to anti-immigration policies that could affect the company’s ability to recruit talent, forcing government officials to scramble to make sure the company doesn’t leave.
Van Leeuwen said this week in an interview with FD, a Dutch business newspaper, that protecting ASML’s interests was the most sensible priority, but claimed that national security comes before economic interests.
NATO and its developing ties with Asia could also be discussed at Wednesday’s talks. Rutte is a leading candidate to head NATO, an organization that China has criticized for provoking regional tensions and making inroads into the Asia-Pacific region.