How US tariffs boost Chinese hardware firms

Ironically, the tariffs and sanctions against Chinese tech companies are pushing the growth of technologically independent, homegrown tech hardware companies in China.

The key enabler for the growth of a new industry, especially a tech industry, is a customer who provides a steady source of demand for its products.

From the 1950s to the 1980s, the US military and NASA were the prime demand sources that allowed the early producers of integrated circuits to stay in business.