On July 23, Hu Xijin took to social media to issue a cautionary note, urging Yang Zhilin, Liang Wenfeng, and other key figures from Yuezhi'anmian and DeepSeek to refrain from traveling to the United States and other Five Eyes nations in the foreseeable future. He voiced apprehensions that the U.S. might single them out on spurious grounds, such as "intellectual property theft" or "posing a threat to national security," with the intent to undermine Kimi K3 and DeepSeek, and to intimidate China's leading AI research scientists. Hu Xijin highlighted that the U.S. frequently resorts to concocting allegations and employing other non-market competitive strategies to stifle its rivals in the global arena. Such accusations, he noted, essentially underscore the U.S.'s reluctance to acknowledge China's swift advancements in AI technology. He underscored that China has the requisite strength and resolve to thwart the U.S.'s aggressive designs, yet still encouraged the individuals concerned to bolster their personal safety precautions.