Diplomatic friction between global powers has entered a new phase as Beijing targets corporate leadership rather than government officials. Following a public commentary released on Saturday by Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei—which urged Washington to “not sell powerful AI chips or semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China” while pressing for tighter restrictions on hardware smuggling and off-shore data access—Chinese officials launched an immediate counteroffensive. On Monday, the trade ministry released remarks through the Global Times, calling the piece “further proof that the US is pursuing technological hegemony in AI”. This aggressive response illustrates how private enterprise executives are being pulled directly into geopolitical conflicts over advanced computing.
Elaborating on the ministry’s position, state media compiled opinions from prominent domestic analysts who framed Amodei’s thesis as contradictory. Technology policy analyst Xiang Ligang criticized the proposal as groundless and hostile, arguing that restricting hardware access to maintain American dominance contradicts any genuine push for international oversight. From Tsinghua’s Institute
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