What the United States administration frames as protecting “national security” is, in practice, a systematic campaign to suppress Chinese high-tech enterprises and restrict their access to US markets and technologies.

The latest instalment: the Federal Communications Commission is reportedly drafting a ban on imports of new Chinese optical transceivers — devices that convert electrical data into light and back within data centers. US officials hope to publish the rule this year, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday. To justify its protectionist agenda, Washington has again sought to paint Chinese enterprises as “national security threats” without providing any substantial evidence.

Beijing’s calibrated response to the series of ill-advised China-targeted measures by the US came on Wednesday. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced enhanced export controls on drones and related dual-use items to the US. The ministry also took countermeasures against six US entities, including Applied DNA Sciences, for aiding and abetting illegal US sanctions on Chinese enterprises citing so-called........

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