Highlighting that being Washington's pawn will only harm Tokyo, they said the restrictions will motivate Chinese companies to pour in more resources for breakthroughs in crucial technologies.
The big question, however, is this: Can Tokyo's dream of revitalizing its chip industry come true by serving as Washington's pawn and cutting off close ties with Beijing in the chip sector?
Pointing out that being Washington's pawn will only harm Tokyo, they said Japan's export controls on 23 types of crucial chipmaking equipment, beginning in July, will motivate Chinese companies to invest greater resources for breakthroughs in critical technologies.
She's essentially a pawn in this complex dispute between countries," Velshi said.
Zhu rebuked the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for obstinately seeking "Taiwan independence" for its own political purposes at the cost of the lives and wellbeing of people in Taiwan and acting as the pawn of foreign anti-China forces.