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Mikemhg,

I think Trump is still choking ZTE in addition to Huawei:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN22P2KG

from May 2020:

President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk.

The order invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the president the authority to regulate commerce in response to a national emergency that threatens the United States. U.S. lawmakers said Trump’s 2019 order was aimed squarely at Chinese companies like Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp.

The Business Insider article that you included is co-written by a Mainland Chinese professor. I always look at articles and sources with ties to China with a grain of salt. The same goes for stats that comes out of China.

Also, China has officially congratulated Biden on his win at least 12 hours ago.

Originally Posted by mikemhg

If Trump is so "hard" on China, can you explain his complete collapse on ZTE? Seems to me his hard "stance" is mere grandstanding to his base. I'd say that's bolstered by the fact that Xi Ping hasn't sent any congratulations to Biden, I truly believe his hard stance is purely a manufactured one, and that China see less of an ally with the Biden administration.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...project-2018-5

The truth is China is stronger than ever:

https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/why-...fter-covid-19/
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54594877

Am I missing something here, what has Trump actually achieved in relation to China, outside of hallow grandstanding to appeal to his base?

As far as real and measurable achievement against China is concerned, the most significant ones are the semiconductor bans and the ousting of Huawei tech further infrastructure. China has no manufacturing capability to produce any modern semiconductor chips. I am probably mistaken with the specific numbers, but I believe Chinese firms can at most produce semiconductor chips in the 20nm+ range with low yield rates, and the majority of their production capacity being less capable than producing those 20-something nm product. The state-of-the-art mass production semiconductors are at least 4 - 5 generations ahead at 5nm.

These don't just go into your latest iPhones. They will also have wide ranging impact on other technology-related aspects in everyday life if the bans were to continue.