Well they can buy chips through a third party or create a new company call MIMO by firing the 5g research group. No more link to Huawei but curiously with all the whole 5G tech. Lol, there are many ways to an end. Ultimately I want China to be completely self reliant, we did that in satellites and military tech. Their last stand is advanced aircraft engines and semiconductors.
Well, China needs to replicate all cutting edge technologies indigenously by 2-3 years tops. It's going to a tall order. Actually, not sure if China even has that much time. Trump may just cut off all access to any China based company.