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by Gordon G. Chang • May 1, 2026 at 5:00 am
* The Chinese regime's protection of its AI businesses raises the issue of what America must now do to protect its tech. There are two things. First, America should mirror China's actions....
* Xi Jinping is determined to keep Chinese technology in China. America should be at least equally determined to keep American technology in America. Therefore, if Americans cannot buy Chinese AI companies, then China should not be allowed to buy American AI companies. Reciprocity has to be reintroduced as the fundamental basis of relations with China.
* America is ahead of China in AI, so interchanges will generally benefit China, on the principle that water flows downhill.
* Unfortunately, America's AI lead these days is measured in months, not years. Chinese criminality explains why the U.S. lead has been narrowed.
* The second thing America should do is not sell any advanced microchips, such as Nvidia's H200 chip, to China.
* "You want to sell the Chinese enough that their developers get addicted to the American technology stack," Lutnick explained last July to CNBC's Brian Sullivan. "That's the thinking."
* That "thinking," reasonable on its face then, no longer holds up after the reversal of the Manus deal. Xi has made it clear that he is developing his own tech universe.

The Chinese regime's protection of its AI businesses raises the issue of what America must now do to protect its tech. With China blocking Meta's deal to acquire Manus, Xi Jinping has made it clear that he is developing his own tech universe. Pictured: Illustration of Manus, an autonomous artificial intelligence agent. (Image source: Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

On April 27, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced it had blocked a foreign acquisition of Manus, the Chinese AI startup.

The one-line statement did not explain the NDRC's reasoning. Nor did it mention that the acquirer was Meta Platforms, which had agreed to acquire Manus for more than $2 billion. Meta had wanted to offer Manus's AI agent, a product the company offers, which can perform skilled work autonomously, across its various platforms.

Manus was founded in China but migrated to Singapore. A number of Chinese startups have moved to the city-state in a technique known as "Singapore-washing" to facilitate, among other things, raising capital.

The Meta-Manus deal was announced in December. In January, the NDRC said it was investigating the acquisition. In March, the two Manus co-founders were barred from leaving China. On April 27, the U.S. social media giant said the acquisition "complied fully with applicable law."

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