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They were coping by saying it was a limited production run but Huawei just announced two more phones using the same chip so everything points to Huawei being able to make things at scale now.
The only cope they have to fall back on is that the chip is "only" 7nm and is about 3 generations behind. 3 generations in chip terms is 2 or 3 years, and to go from absolutely nothing 2 years ago to only 2 or 3 years behind the state of the art is huge.
Extra impressive since China had to build up all the surrounding industries like design software and lithograpy machines from nothing as well. By putting these sanctions on China, the US may have created the only country on earth that has complete vertical integration of chip manufacturing.
I bet sanctions were the first step and I expect sabotage will soon start if it hasn't already
Depending on how conspiracy brained you are, there was a mysterious fire at ASML's factory that destroyed an EUV machine ordered by China right before the sanctions. Some people also say that there were a group of chip engineers bound for China on MH370.