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This could actually be a boon for China. Now they have to start developing their phones completely in-house. On the longer term that could be the end for American tech.

If one thing the last 50 years has taught us is that whatever the US can do an Asian competitor can do as well.

That’s entirety the point of their Made In China 2025 initiative

>If one thing the last 50 years has taught us is that whatever the US can do an Asian competitor can do as well.

Generalized, I think it's safe to assume any developed country willing to invest in manufacturing is capable of doing what any other country can do [in manufacturing] as well.

Minor correction: It doesn't mean "Android", it means Google services.

Well they already have their own processors so I imagine that won't be a huge loss.

What about the ARM license? Sure they design their own processors but that doesn't help if ARM doesn't let them use the instruction set.

Arm Holdings is a British company and United Kingdom' relations with Huawei is complicated matter.

Arm was bought by Softbank, which is Japanese, so still doesn't improve potential relations.