It could go both ways. A captive market (where local consumer have to use “made/designed/fabricated in China” semiconductors no matter what) also offers a lot of opportunities to sell some lemons and collect some solid yuan as long as you make sure to not ignore your PR position (lot’s of “China’s first X” pitches baiting the local nationalist-leaning media).
It’s fine, the export controls are good because they make China more self dependent. Their chip designs also improve because of that!
It could go both ways. A captive market (where local consumer have to use “made/designed/fabricated in China” semiconductors no matter what) also offers a lot of opportunities to sell some lemons and collect some solid yuan as long as you make sure to not ignore your PR position (lot’s of “China’s first X” pitches baiting the local nationalist-leaning media).
Actually they lack years behind Even though they claim otherwise.