I see the same efforts to sanction China, especially with Chips as beneficial to China as continued trade would undermine their efforts to create an indigenous chip industry.

I guess you're referring to how trade has not lead to liberalism of the Chinese and I wasn't suggesting it would. There are plenty of elite in China who have benefited from trade outside of the regime and that's probably still one of the biggest threats to the regime within China. As soon a China loses the 'mandate from heaven' we could see the alternatives move in.

In case anyone else was confused, “mandate from heaven” is a Chinese political ideology. It is like the western concept of “Devine right” for kings, except that if your reign gets end by a revolution, it means you lost your mandate from heaven.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_of_Heaven

Not to be confused with the American Revolution era Navy flag that has a pine tree and the motto “an appeal to heaven”. That flag was recently in the news because the wife of a Supreme Court justice flew it at their house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag

Coincidently, both “mandate from heaven” and “an appeal to heaven” define a right to rebellion.