Huawei Mate 60 Pro: Game over for US chip sanctions?!

Washington is in a panic after tech giant #huawei released a phone that appears to show China has got around the US’ aggressive attempts to stymie Chinese technological progress with the new Mate 60 Pro.

The Washington Post, usually a pretty good barometer of the sentiment on Capitol Hill, opined: “New phone sparks worry China has found a way around U.S. tech limits,” which one analyst described as a slap in the face to Washington.

Much deserved, I say!

Today I will break the situation down in layman’s terms, and we’ll also catch up with US geopolitical analyst Thomas Pauken the Second. This is Reports on China; I’m Andy Boreham in Shanghai. Let’s get reporting!