Security News > 2022 > March > New flashpoint: US may ask Chinese tech firms to bin Russia

As big tech companies from the West swiftly and happily comply with new rules that prohibit interactions with Russia, Chinese companies will soon feel pressure to do likewise - and counter-pressure to resist such calls.

In early February, Russia and China re-affirmed their relationship as having "No limits" and essentially declared they are best friends forever.

Even as China tries to develop a local industry that can meet all its needs, Middle Kingdom tech companies and silicon manufacturers need US technology to build their products.

The dry and empty husks of Huawei's enterprise server and smartphone businesses tell China all it needs to know about what can happen when the US stops sending tech across the Pacific.

According to Bloomberg Washington wants Chinese semiconductor companies to join in its ban on tech sales to Russia.

If Chinese tech firms brush off US requests to stop dealing with Moscow, Washington will be well within its rights to ask Beijing what on Earth it meant by the quotes above - and why it's too hard to have tech companies act to make those words come alive.

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