Hua Chunying file photo

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying posted three consecutive tweets on X on Wednesday, criticizing the US for its claims of "fair competition" while trying to deprive China of development rights, after the US government on Monday announced a package of rules designed to impair China's capability to produce advanced chips.

"Again, this is the 'Fair Competition' of the US. It's like inviting a top tennis player to the finals of the US Open while attempting to deprive him or her of essential rackets and shoes," Hua wrote on X, accompanied by a picture quoting US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

The Biden administration's action of imposing new export controls against China "is the culmination of the Biden-Harris Administration's targeted approach, in concert with our allies and partners, to impair the PRC's ability to indigenize the production of advanced technologies…" Raimondo said in a statement posted on the website of US Bureau of Industry and Security on Monday.

A screenshot of Hua Chunying's post on X

Minutes later, Hua posted another tweet, writing "What makes the US think it has the right to deprive China or other countries of their legitimate right to development?"

"It's time to recall President Xi's words in his 2017 Davos speech: 'Pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room. While wind and rain may be kept outside, that dark room will also block light and air.' History has repeatedly proven that openness brings progress while isolation leads to backwardness," she wrote.

In the third tweet, Hua posted a video clip. In the video, some US politicians and lawmakers are seen criticizing China on cybersecurity while advocating stricter chip export controls.

The video emphasizes that "What cannot kill you will only make you stronger," followed by a series of achievements China has made since 1949.

In 1956, China's first automobiles were produced, China's first atomic bomb successfully tested in 1964, and China's first hydrogen bomb successfully tested in 1967…In addition, China's achievements in recent years in various fields including high-speed railway, electric vehicles, drones, robots and smartphones are seen in the video, highlighting China's ability to overcome challenges and achieve rapid progress.

"What cannot kill you will only make you stronger. With no fallback option, the only way ahead is to succeed," Hua wrote alongside the video.