I have a hard time believing that they weren't already self sufficient
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2024
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I really can't understand why anybody assumed that China wouldn't be able to develop their own chip production supply chains. It's not magic, it just takes effort and commitment. The chip wars the US started created a very strong incentive to get this done.