It’s a company created by the Chinese government. They’ll just create another one to replace it.
They already have all the staff and the tech. They just need to rebrand, and since the new company won't be ZTE, they'll just start buying American components again.
Replace all ZTE ads with ads for the new company, and never explicitly say that this is the rebirth of ZTE, while still making it very obvious to the consumer.
This will all be a blip on the radar.
For those who remember the TechTV/G4 merger - remember when The Screen Savers was "cancelled" and then a "new show" called Attack of the Show started airing in the exact same timeslot, with the exact same people, on the exact same set - but the branding was different?
That's what the Chinese government is going to do to ZTE and all its assets.
If ZTE is liquidated and Chinese government controlled companies buy its assets and start production again, private investors lose billions.