that's always been the reasoning of American companies. Their philosophy is if you don't sell it to them first, someone else will. That's why their businessmen will happily sell everything they have.
Now answering that, I have a question in mind and that is if China is truly so advanced, why are they buying the hardware in the 1st place? I don't know much about semiconductor design, but it would seem a relatively straightforward if arduous task. Maybe our resident silicon valley expert
@eatshitndie can give us some insight?