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by oulu2006 2965 days ago
I don't know why you're being down voted.

It's a forgone conclusion that China was always going to push to accelerate their local semi-conductor industry irrespective of what happened to ZTE or not. Not enforcing violations of US sanctions (and the subsequent plea agreement) would have just shown China that you can piss all over any deals made with the US commerce department (further reducing their respect) -- it would not have detracted in the slightest from China's mandate to replace their dependency on foreign technology at all!