Hey there! Did you hear about what’s happening between China and the United States? 🤔 Let’s break it down!
China is not happy with the U.S. starting an investigation into its semiconductor (that means computer chips) industry. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said they are very upset about this.
The U.S. is looking into whether China’s policies are fair when it comes to computer chips. But China thinks this is unfair and could mess up the way chips are made and shared around the world. This could hurt companies and people who use these chips (that’s pretty much everyone who uses electronics!).
Did you know? American chip companies make up about half of all the chips in the world! 😮 But Chinese-made chips are only about 1.3% of the U.S. market. That means the U.S. buys a lot more chips from other places than from China.
China wants the U.S. to follow the rules and stop doing things they think are wrong. They said they will watch what happens closely and make sure to protect their rights.
It’s kinda like if someone started telling you how to run your lemonade stand, even though you only sell a tiny bit of lemonade compared to the big stores! 🍋
Let’s hope they sort things out soon so everyone can keep making cool gadgets for us! 😊
Reference(s):
China opposes U.S. investigation into Chinese semiconductor industry
cgtn.com
