State mouthpiece warns that Washington’s bans on green energy and advanced manufacturing will backfire, while defending China’s open-source AI models
3-MIN READ3-MINSherry Wangin BeijingPublished: 4:11pm, 5 Aug 2026A mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party has urged Washington to expand its cooperation list with Beijing rather than add to a restrictive “Covered List”, pushing back against broadening US curbs on Chinese technology exports.
“While Washington frames these measures under the banner of ‘non-discrimination’ or ‘national security’, they are in reality discriminatory suppression aimed at Chinese firms and products,” the state-run People’s Daily said in a commentary on Wednesday. The mouthpiece deemed such action “unilateral bullying that blatantly distorts market-economy rules and principles of fair competition”.
While the FCC did not explicitly name China, Chinese manufacturers stand to bear the brunt of the restrictions. Around one-third of the power inverters imported into the United States in 2024 came directly from China, according to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Similarly, Chinese vendors accounted for more than 80 per cent of the more than 13,000 robots shipped worldwide in 2025, according to estimates by technology research and advisory group Omdia. Major industry players included AgiBot, Unitree, UBTech and Leju Robotics.
By extending its regulatory reach into green energy and advanced smart manufacturing, Washington’s intent ... is laid barePeople’s Daily commentaryThe US has repeatedly deployed the Covered List since 2021 to curb Chinese firms, initially targeting telecommunications and video-surveillance equipment before expanding the scope to drones, routers and testing labs.
