The specific process node isn't important. Once they figure out how to do EUV and other manufacturing techniques that limit their domestic industry's advancemen

The specific process node isn't important. Once they figure out how to do EUV and other manufacturing techniques that limit their domestic industry's advancement, China will be able to compete at the smaller process nodes too. Western governments can stop ASML from shipping an EUV machine to a Chinese customer, but they can't stop China from developing their own technology.