You might be right since i know close to nothing about Chinese Communist Party. Yet, i believe they would be secretive about exactly how much one and the other thing weighs in the balance for them.

i absolutely believe you that the technology of these old machines is much too complex and this is an argument why the Chinese have to make a better technology to replace it :
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/03/10/news-chinas-homegrown-euv-machines-rumored-for-q3-trial-production-spelling-trouble-for-asml/

(…) Unlike ASML’s LPP (laser-produced plasma) method, which relies on high-energy lasers and complex FPGA-based controls, the report indicates that China’s LDP (laser-induced discharge plasma) offers a simpler design, smaller footprint, better energy efficiency, and potentially lower production costs.
(…) set for trial production for the third quarter, 2025, with mass manufacturing aimed for 2026.

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i wish for the European Union to develop and become less reliant on the USA. As for this development in China, there will be (in my opinion) many effects, including a decrease in pressure on Taiwan.

Could be useless for China since :
https://lemmy.world/post/26668055
[News] China’s Homegrown EUV Machines Rumored for Q3 Trial Production, Spelling Trouble for ASML

(…) Unlike ASML’s LPP (laser-produced plasma) method, which relies on high-energy lasers and complex FPGA-based controls, the report indicates that China’s LDP (laser-induced discharge plasma) offers a simpler design, smaller footprint, better energy efficiency, and potentially lower production costs.
(…) set for trial production for the third quarter, 2025, with mass manufacturing aimed for 2026.