Comment by xbmcuser
I mentioned this previously in a thread about node sizes and got down voted for it, but I stand by my opinion: the rest of the world ie normal people need China to become competitive in chip manufacturing.
Without that competition, everyday consumers are going to get priced out of the market by major corporations. We have reached a point in CPU technology where newer tech is no longer automatically cheaper and faster to make; therefore, we need more competition to keep prices down.
Except a lot of other people don't live in countries that are allied with Chinas vision. We need more competition among our allies, not have the only competition from our enemy.