Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
It's not either/or. You maximize your exploitation of the global supply chain while using your newfound gains to R&D out your supply chain vulnerabilities, starting with the worst ones that would make you most vulnerable. Eventually you end up more self-sufficient, like Samsung and hopefully Huawei someday.
As long as better alternative from the west is available Chinese high tech industry will choose the western tech Meantime the domestic semiconductor or semi tool will be starve of market, funding for research and forever will be stunted in growth. Notice the comment of Ren on using Apple cellphone he said he and his family prefer to use apple product. I can't imagine Toyoda saying that
Japanese does not have that attitude right from start of industrialization at the turn of century they try to use domestic product as much as possible . It might be subpar at beginning but with time and effort they get better and better
Japanese automaker for example they promote their own supply chain , Denso in AC, and auto sensor, Renesas in auto chip etc