China on U.S. Seminconductor Export Control and Taiwan

China on Monday denounced the US for “coercing and luring” allies to counter Beijing after Japan and the Netherlands agreed to a deal with the US to restrict China's access to materials used to make advanced semiconductors. Mao also underscored her country’s claim to self-ruled Taiwan, saying the Taiwan issue was “the No.1 red line that must not be crossed between China and the US.”