> The best scenario for the west would've been to integrate themselves into the chinese high tech supply chain, such that their indigenous companies cannot exis

> The best scenario for the west would've been to integrate themselves into the chinese high tech supply chain, such that their indigenous companies cannot exist without massive state subsidies This was exactly the situation before the sanctions. That's why the Chinese semiconductor industry back then developed at a snail's pace: no Chinese company wanted sucky Chinese suppliers because foreign ones are better. Chinese suppliers developed competence slowly because nobody wanted to buy from them.