China responds to potential broader ban on ASML's chip-making gear

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang talked over phone with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra on Monday for an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations and other issues, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Tuesday.

Mao made the remarks at a regular press briefing in Beijing when asked about China's response to media reports that the Netherlands will also ban the sale of deep ultraviolet (DUV) machines – the slightly older yet more widely-used chip making equipment – to the Chinese mainland.