Bloomberg trying to cope about US- China's technological race. They start by saying that US's tech containment of China is still working, but....
What's interesting is that Bloomberg is admitting that "Made in China 2025" is working, and despite all the roadblocks by the US, China is catching up fast. According to them, China is also now firmly the #2 in the world in terms of software development.
For 99% of people, a job is a job. Even if you have the privilege of working for a prestigious name like JP Morgan or Microsoft, perhaps you'll have driven individuals who want to rise to the top. For the rest its literally, finish projects on time, get your compensation and stock options, leave me alone, and all that "more than just a job" crap that HR peddles always ends up in the junk mail part of your brain. In the US, the rare instance where an employee would actually believe in the company's mission and money not being the main motivation would be working for something bleeding edge like say, Open AI.
For China, thanks to US sanctions, not just a single company but an entire segment of its workforce is of the mindset that what they're doing actually matters. Nowadays telling your friends that you work for Apple or even Tencent is just like, "eh good for you, I bet its good money." Not too often can you tell someone, "Yes, I do indeed work for a sector that's currently being strangled by a superpower and me and all my colleagues are of the same heart and mind trying to breakthrough for the future of our nation."
That's really the crux of why US tech sanctions were such a shot in the arm of China's tech sector, simply put it made thousands of Chinese actually love their jobs.