China Needs to Break US-Led Blockade against Tech Expansion: Times

China needs to break the blockade that the U.S. and its allies are building that prevents China’s participation in global technological projects, the Global Times said following a media report that the U.S. along with Japan and Australia will fund an undersea communication cable connecting three Pacific countries, after pressuring them to force a Chinese company to scuttle an earlier bid and counter China's influence in the region. China must focus on upgrading its future manufacturing development, link closer with ASEAN manufacturing sectors, consolidate the needs under the RCEP that it helped create, push Belt & Road infrastructure projects and boost assistance to smaller developing countries, said the government-run newspaper.