China will never be “independent” if they copy everything. I don’t think they understand that way of life isn’t going to generate innovators and entrepreneurs.
“China's path toward semiconductor independence and an end to the West's monopoly on the technology that powers AI, smartphones and advanced weapons systems. The prototype, completed in early 2025 by former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the Dutch company's machines, “
How China Built Its
Chinese scientists have built a working prototype of an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine in a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, a developme...