Comment by toomuchtodo

Perhaps there is an opportunity for China to close the compute gap by renting compute from hyperscalers through a complex web of shell entities similarly to how the US procured titanium for the SR-71 during the Cold War.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/in-1960s-russia-sold-titaniu...

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/titanium-russia-was-s...