China 'will not sit idly by' on tech restrictions: Xi warns Biden

U.S. launches an endless stream of measures to suppress China's economy, trade, science and technology and the list of sanctions against Chinese companies is getting longer and longer

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that Beijing "will not sit idly by" if the United States continues to suppress "China's high-tech development," state media reported.

According to a news agency's readout of a phone call between the two leaders, the Chinese president emphasized that "the United States has launched an endless stream of measures to suppress China's economy, trade, science and technology and the list of sanctions against Chinese companies is getting longer and longer."

"If the United States insists on suppressing China's high-tech development and depriving China of its legitimate right to development, we will not sit idly by," Xi warned.

Source: AFP