China is citing national security as AI is becoming a key industry. It's no different from all the times the US intervened to stop China from buying out US comp

China is citing national security as AI is becoming a key industry. It's no different from all the times the US intervened to stop China from buying out US companies. E.g. https://hvmilner.scholar.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf2801/files/hvmilner/files/wp_mc_2017_trump_just_blocked_a_chinese_takeover_of_a_sensitive_u.s._company._heres_whats_going_on.pdf https://hvmilner.scholar.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf2... > President Trump issued an order blocking the $1.3 billion sale of a Portland, Ore.-based company called Lattice Semiconductor to private equity firm Canyon Bridge Capital Partners. The stated rationale for Trump’s order was national security.