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Chips, oil and Iran: why US is raising pressure on China before Xi-Trump talks

South China Morning Post · · 136 words · By Ralph Jennings
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“Washington’s latest moves target semiconductor access and small Chinese oil refineries”
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Multiple web search results from the same topic ('Chips, oil and Iran: why US is raising pressure on China...') independently state that Washington's latest moves target both semiconductor access and small Chinese oil refineries, indicating a coordinated pressure strategy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States (US) has been complex and at times tense since the establishment of the PRC on 1 October 1949 and subsequent retreat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when U.S. president Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and other trade barriers on China with the aim of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_trade_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 7, 1999, a United States Air Force B-2 Spirit, participating in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, dropped five Joint Direct Attack Munition satellite-guided bombs on the Embassy of China, Belgrad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_bombing_of_the_C…
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“The restrictions – which will next be debated by the rest of the Republican-controlled House – would also require US allies such as the Netherlands and Japan to more closely align with Washington’s curbs on the sale of advanced semiconductor equipment to China.”
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A web search result directly reports that the restrictions being debated would require US allies, specifically naming the Netherlands and Japan, to align with Washington's curbs on advanced semiconductor equipment sales to China. This is reported by an independent news source covering the topic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The relationship between China and Japan spans thousands of years. Japan has deep historical and cultural ties with China; cultural contacts throughout its history have strongly influenced Japan—inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Japan_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — International relations between Japan and the United States began in the late 18th and early 19th century with the 1852–1855 diplomatic but force-backed missions of U.S. ship captains James Glynn and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan–United_States_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War
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“It seems that they do worry about China’s progress in chipmaking and its recent spending spree on chipmaking machinery like lithography tools”
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Multiple web search results confirm that there is active discussion and concern regarding China's progress in chipmaking. One source notes China's notable progress in etching machines, and another discusses Huawei's efforts to build its own lithography tools, indicating a focus on domestic self-sufficiency and technological advancement.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US chip industry is a major backer of greater restrictions on China. Others bills that have advanced in Washington recently include the Stop Stealing Our Chips Act, which would establish a program…
https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3351891/…
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web search NEUTRAL — China has made notable progress in the field of etching machines, achieving about 10 percent domestic substitution. China’s Advanced Micro Fabrication Equipment Company is the first in the country to …
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/can-china-achieve-semicond…
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web search NEUTRAL — Having understood that EUV tools are not coming to China, Huawei and its partners have explored extreme ultraviolet lithography themselves with the aim of building their own lithography chipmaking too…
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/asml-ceo-says-chi…
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