Meta/Manus deal was actually completed with money and technology already transferred, so attempting to 'unwind' it would require forgetting technologies already learned—making the Chinese termination announcement essentially symbolic rather than operationally reversible.

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Scott Kennedy

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the deal's long since been completed, money has changed hands, technology has changed hands. You can't really unwind the actual consequences...It's going to require people to like forget the technologies that that they've learned.

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Are Export Controls Working? Field Notes from China’s AI FrontlinesAsia Society
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:23:42 PM

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