Yep, what was probably big to begin with now gets more resources. China had been at this for a while, who remembers the 1990s spy stealing US nuclear warhead tech? The PRC had been softly inserting people in many sectors and universities and how many of them can become sources? Not a "all Chinese people are spies" thing but China has been much more aggressively pushing relationships outside of government, playing the long game. Maybe the US should have thought more than 5 years out before they kickstarted the PRC for short term money. All it takes is one "partner" to not play ball and the new strategy fails. The cold War had a more definable threat to western nations than now, and cheap goods make people happy. Are countries going to start pulling back the production that is the endpoint for chips? Will consumers pay the money for that?