“In the past, the US ruthlessly suppressed the Japanese semiconductor industry, but now it is repeating its old tactics toward China,” Qin said, according to the statement. “Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.”
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang urged Japan to refrain from supporting US efforts to suppress the Chinese semiconductor industry, while his counterpart pressed for the swift return of a Japanese citizen detained by Beijing.
During a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Beijing on Sunday, Qin said a chip blockade will only strengthen Beijing’s resolve to achieve self-reliance, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
