Indeed. I just hope that ASML would end up in the "unreliable supplier list" so a legal measure that hinders its access to China and domestic supplier get preferable position.
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We have passed the point of no return.
Forced to use Mao's internal self-reliance ideas.
This time it is different though. China has more than a few cards to play.
Companies like ASML, who are caught in the crossfire, just give them one chance, and it has to be soon, otherwise, they cut off from the China market permanently.
Nothing personal, just business.
Hate to say this. I am pessimistic about the whole "unreliable entity list". The list itself had a long difficult birth, it was on and off again for almost two years. The shy nature of list had long became a common joke on the Chinese social media. IMO, it is more for domestic consumption, CCP could no longer afford to appear so weak in front of its own people.
That is a difficult list to put forth.
I mean, you cannot put companies on that list who are lobbying intensely on your behalf.
Chinese are Chinese, the Chinese are not Soviets when it comes to business.
Case in point, go after Intel? Sure, but they selling their chips to Hauwei server business, which should be huge and a game changer.
Banning circuit boards and restricting rare earth from US weapons makers much easier to do.
It is a very short list because the CCP does not have many companies that deserve to be on it. One company should be on it is HSBC. But it seems to me they attacking them in different ways.
Well even if they are going to construct new tracks, it’s unlikely that all inventory in the target countries can be changed at the same time... the new tracks even tho rated for HSR will still be able to serve older trains... also with this switching apparatus old tracks can be used immediately tho the train can’t travel at HSR speeds but it can still facilitate use of higher speed trains that can slow down and speed up where possible/necessary and the cost will be limited to the train rather then the whole system needing to be replaced.
There are also the HSR line built by different countries like the Japanese gauges or European ones... not all HSR lines are built by China after all and even if they are the target countries might have their own requirements... and this system makes it so that Chinese trains can travel on their tracks whilst their can’t travel around. Whether it’s worth it, don’t know... but better to have an advantage then not...
as @horse has made very good answer, I want to stress the point "it is not personal" once more, China does not hate these foreign companies. They are in the list because they can not reliably deliver their product for whatever reasons, not because they are enemy of China. So we have to be careful and selective of who ends up in the list.
You don't do it. The old trains will just block the bullet trains and kill the whole idea of HSR. No countries who built HSR do that, poor or rich.
Japan, South Korea, European (France, Germany and Spain) and Canada (Bombadier) all use standard gauge as China does. These are the only countries that make HSR rolling stock or related systems.
I have thought of all the possible explanations including the two before I made the first post on the subject.
Well then I stand correctedYou don't do it. The old trains will just block the bullet trains and kill the whole idea of HSR. No countries who built HSR do that, poor or rich.
Japan, South Korea, European (France, Germany and Spain) and Canada (Bombadier) all use standard gauge as China does. These are the only countries that make HSR rolling stock or related systems.
I have thought of all the possible explanations including the two before I made the first post on the subject.
I can understand China is hesitant about putting tech companies on the list since many of them still provide currently irreplaceable tech products to Chinese films. I do take issue with HSBC not being on it though. Its actions on Huawei and Hong Kong's unrest are more than enough to be on the list. I am aware of that covertly China seems to be taking some actions against HSBC. Although this just further lends credit to the well-known secret that HSBC helped many Chinese bureaucrats transferring assets overseas, an all-out war is in nobody's interest.
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I agree. It's just CCP should be careful of appearing appeasing the foreigners too much. Despite the great fire wall, younger generations of Chinese are better educated and many are acutely aware of west's ongoing effort to cripple China. Unlike the older generations who didn't grow up during the rise, they are increasingly difficult to satisfy with meaningless platitudes issued by the governmental ministries. Hope CCP doesn't wait too long, everyone has a limit to inaction.