The sooner the West loses its ability to sanction, the better.

Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/12/30/china-cracks-advanced-microchip-technology-blow-western-sanctions/

i want to believe in this development, but i made the mistake of reading the reddit thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/zzfu5s/china_cracks_advanced_microchip_technology_in/

if what the comments say are true, it seems that chipmaking technology is absurdly complex and monopolized by asml.