America’s latest volley, which restricts the types of chips that can be sold to China, had been anticipated for weeks. Its original controls curtailed sales to Chinese entities of the cutting edge chips used in the development of artificial intelligence. This included the a100 chip made by Nvidia, a Californian chipmaker. The Chinese government was caught off-guard in October last year when America hit it with tough export controls on high-powered semiconductors and Today China appears far more prepared to fight the simmering war over the future of technology. American chip controls by President Joe Biden’s administration was matched just three days later, on October 20th, with new restrictions on exports of Chinese graphite. Do you think that America can put Chinese agility down ?

