One of the most obvious effects of the US blacklisting of Huawei has been the redoubling of the vendor’s efforts – and those of its government – to end its reliance on western technology and patents, especially in foundational areas like 5G and semiconductors. There has been a wave of new funding for Chinese chip suppliers as the country looks to become self-sufficient in this regard (though that remains a distant goal so far). And Huawei has been moving contracts to new, homegrown partners where it can, and developing more and more technology inhouse. This is especially true in highly strategic areas like base station chips, where any disruption to its supplies could hurt one of its biggest businesses. And…