Even if they couldn't get to parity with the West (ASML + TSMC + NVIDIA), the article starts with the admission that SIMC is already producing chips that are only one or 2 generations behind the state of the art. They can rely on sheer quantity to offset the quality gap. All it takes is enough energy to keep the datacenters running, and China installs more solar power and more nuclear power every year than the rest of the world combined.