The phrasing "chips that are banned in the country" seems completely inaccurate. These are chips that the US does not allow to be exported to China. We do not have the power to ban anything in China, that's up to the Chinese government.
it's the standard USian view that their laws apply worldwide
Which they did! https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/china-tells-its-tech-compa...
I thought China also wanted them banned to dogfood domestic chips?