Chinese leaders will still be leaders in a China without chips and if the rest of the world has no chips its not their worry. They will be less playful times with less gadgets and slower processes but no dictatorship ever worried about building walls around their borders. Actually they help the dictatorship to control the people inside.
That's not necessarily good on the long term. China was on par with Western powers until about 1500-1600 and had everything they needed. Then they grounded their fleets and turned inside. In a couple of centuries the British and everyone else came knocking at their harbors with gunships. China recovered only recently.
That's not necessarily good on the long term. China was on par with Western powers until about 1500-1600 and had everything they needed. Then they grounded their fleets and turned inside. In a couple of centuries the British and everyone else came knocking at their harbors with gunships. China recovered only recently.