The only way the West can prevent China from dominating is if they don't buy any. Does that really matter? They talk as if they can stop China from making chips. China has the money. China can make every technology needed to produce chips. It's only a matter of time. Dominating them isn't something necessary for China. Independence from them is necessary for China. Some members in here will try to brainwash you into thinking the West needs to use it in order to be successful. Again they try to make people think their acceptance is most important. You can make the best chip in the history of the world, but if the West doesn't use it, you failed and you should stop? You have to be an idiot to follow that logic when all that matters is you have the best chip in the world. If it's that simple, why are they worried about China's domestic chip industry if it needs the West's acceptance to succeed? Just don't give your acceptance. They need China to believe that in order for it to work. It never even entered their thoughts that China could make its own chips or they would've foresaw this outcome. They thought if they deny chips to China, China will beg and submit to every one of their demands. It's that stupidity is to why they're in panic now. Anything short of large scale military aggression on their part ain't going to stop it.
We see this sort of arrogance from Western politicians but not necessarily the case for western experts in the field.
China being a viable competitor is still a new concept in the minds of many in politics. As ridiculous as it sounds, 20 years ago the western impression of China is that of the Qing dynasty, while some thought it's like in the days of the cultural revolution. Those that were involved international business had a more accurate view.
It's not easy for those that grew up in the cold war to change their perceptions. Politicians will try to think via analogy back to cold war strategy against the USSR or Plaza Accord against Japan. The same goes for the general population, thinking in familiar terms feels more secure and reassuring.
Now that the US tried some of strategies it used against USSR and Japan and realized it's not working to desired affect, it's scrambling for solutions.
As for the idea that US think China needs their acceptance because there's a thinking in the US that they created modern China and could destroy it as well.
