China vows countermeasures over US DHS ban on DeepSeek

China criticized the US Department of Homeland Security's ban on DeepSeek products and promised "resolute countermeasures." Beijing rejected allegations from the FBI and AI labs of illicit model distillation.

• DHS ordered the removal and exclusion of DeepSeek products
• China promised "resolute countermeasures" in response
• Beijing rejected FBI and AI lab claims of illicit distillation