If US actually bans export of DUV machine to China [1], it could be game over for SMIC though.<p>1. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-05/us-pushing-for-asml-to-stop-selling-key-chipmaking-gear-to-china" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-05/us-pushin...</a>
raises the interesting question of how best to suppress China's technological development. Are there any existing cases where a country's development can be stunted? (outside colonialism of course, that would be bad)