And all the tools that make those goods and the IP behind them is owned by the US. Stuff like semiconductor equipment, CPU designs, and electronic design automa

And all the tools that make those goods and the IP behind them is owned by the US. Stuff like semiconductor equipment, CPU designs, and electronic design automation software, and China has to pay license fees every time it uses them to manufacture a product. China is desperately trying to achieve technology independence because it knows that it has few comparable replacements if the US decided to completely close access to its technology tomorrow. It's not impossible to move manufacturing out of China. After all, it's already been done once before when it moved out of the US. However, it's not proven that China can reach technological independence. Japan and South Korea were able to make the jump to high tech industries but they're still very tied to US technologies. However, a better indicator of who has the technology lead than commercial applications in my opinion is if China can replicate US military technology, for example build an equivalent or better to the F35.