&gt; once again you&#x27;ve successfully spurred a country to move away from its dependence on American technology, while doing nothing to meaningfully improve our security.<p>That&#x27;s only if they are successful. And success, especially in that industry, is far from guaranteed. There are some critical breakthroughs they would need to make just to compete with the likes of Intel on even their low-mid range processors. Most of their designs are propriety which means China&#x27;s computer initiative is going to be starting from scratch. That means they&#x27;re starting at a point which puts them behind everyone else by <i>at least</i> 10-13 years or more. And still, there&#x27;s no guarantee they&#x27;ll ever come close to catching up. It&#x27;s a huge $47B gamble on their part, which is almost certainly why they haven&#x27;t done it sooner. That&#x27;s a lot of money to lose, even for China, if they bust.<p>And I know some of you are thinking, &quot;Well, they&#x27;ll just steal the tech! Espionage baby!&quot; Sorry, but that too, is unlikely. Due to China&#x27;s recent aggressive tech grabs over the last decade or two, companies have &quot;wised up&quot; to IP theft and go to extreme measures to protect their assets. Some of those protections rival or even exceed the U.S governments. China&#x27;s wild west days of stealing everyone else&#x27;s IPs are winding down.