The US commerce department said it was amending an export rule and the entity list to,according to a statement on its website.br China is ready to take a series of countermeasures against the plan of United States to block shipments of semiconductors to Chinese telecom firm Huawei, including putting US companies on an "unreliable entity list".br The Trump administration on Friday moved to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei from global chipmakers.br "strategically target Huawei's acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain us software and technology,", according to a statement on its website.br ''China will take forceful countermeasures to protect its own legitimate rights,"br if the US moves forward with the plan to change its rules and bar essential suppliers of chips, including Taiwan-based TSMC, from selling chips to Huawei, the source told the Chinese state media's channel Global Times.