
北京:中国周五(11月13日)警告美国,不要在围绕人工智能芯片巨头英伟达的丑闻背景下,对半导体实施额外的出口管制。
BEIJING: China warned the United States on Friday (Nov 13) against putting additional export controls on semiconductors in the wake of the scandal surrounding AI chip giant Nvidia.
当被问及美国议员呼吁对华芯片设备出口实施更多限制时,外交部发言人毛宁在例行记者会上表示:“中方一贯反对滥用出口管制措施,这破坏全球产业链供应链稳定,不符合任何一方利益。”
China "has consistently opposed the abuse of export control measures, which disrupts the stability of global industrial and supply chains and serves no party's interests," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular briefing when asked about calls from US lawmakers to impose more limits on exports of chip equipment to China.
毛宁说:“中美应共同落实两国元首达成的重要共识,维护中美经贸关系稳定发展。”
"China and the United States should work together to implement the important consensus reached by their respective heads of state and maintain the stable development of China-US economic and trade relations," Mao said.
英伟达联合创始人黄仁勋——周四辞职的爱丽丝·黄曾任新加坡数据中心公司Megaspeed的高级主管。据报道,商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克领导的商务部可能未对Megaspeed协助转移受限英伟达技术至中国的嫌疑采取行动。
Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang - who resigned on Thursday Alice Huang a former senior executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed Reports allege the Commerce Department under Secretary Howard Lutnick may have failed to act on suspicions that Megaspeed was helping reroute restricted Nvidia technology to China.
美国媒体援引美国议员的话说,由于这一不断发酵的丑闻,他们支持对华芯片实施额外的出口管制。
US media quoted US lawmakers as saying that they were in favour of imposing additional export controls on chips to China as a result of the snowballing scandal.
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊被引述说:“对华芯片出口管制一直是这里的一个大问题。我支持限制这些出口。”
"The export controls on chips to China has been a big issue around here. I'm in favour of limiting those exports," House speaker Mike Johnson was quoted as saying.
“我认为国会正在形成一种共识,认为这是一个重要的立场。”据报道,美国情报机构今年春天传阅了一份备忘录,指控爱丽丝·黄——与黄仁勋无亲属关系——是中国国家安全部的资产。
"I think there is a developing consensus in Congress that is an important position to take." US intelligence reportedly circulated a memo this spring alleging that Alice Huang - no relation to Jensen Huang - was an asset of China's Ministry of State Security.
北京已驳回这些指控,并于周四表示,这些指控是“为实施技术封锁、阻止中国在人工智能技术领域发展寻找借口”。
Beijing has rejected the allegations and on Thursday said that they are a "pretext for imposing a technological blockade" to stop China advancing in artificial intelligence technology.
这场风波发生在预计下周美国总统特朗普与中国国家主席习近平在广东深圳举行的亚太经合组织(APEC)会议期间会晤之前。
The furore comes ahead of a meeting expected next week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Shenzhen in southern China at an APEC gathering.