Beijing has reacted angrily saying it s gravely concerned about the order. A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in washington said the curbs seriously undermine the interests of chinese and American Companies and investors. But republicans have said the restrictions don t go far enough. From new york, Michelle Fleury has more. This is a new front in the tech war between two global superpowers. The restrictions prevent American Private equity and Venture Capital firms from investing in high tech sectors in china such as quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence and advanced semiconductors. The goal is to stop us capital and know how from speeding up the development of technologies that could help china develop weapons for use against america in a military conflict. It would also require firms making investments in a broader range of sensitive Chinese Industries to report that activity. Potentially laying the ground for more restrictions on investments down the road. The regulations aren
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hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. this is the shot we are getting live from poland of the president zelensky and the commentary is in polish and ukrainian but i can tell you they are about to give a statement to the cameras imminently. this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for president ze
to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where china s top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow s invasion of ukraine. here s the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were reaching new milestones . he also called on the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let s hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries. they play an important role in strengthening trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for president