Still better than what Qualcomm is offering?

The real concern is supply chains. The US can design but not manufacture, whereas it appears China can do both.

I don't see any editorializing, mostly just reports that China is actually competing well.

Whether you're for or against China, seeing that they're outperforming or performing close to American-owned chipmakers seems like very relevant information.

Have you considered that china has been working on these things for the past decade and they're finally getting results out of that?

And yes, it is known that they do steal tech as samsung discovered in their tech preview phone bust in korea.

That's a profoundly strange take. I've never in my life seen a more anti-China technology forum than HN. Whatever the headline is, say "CO2 levels have been falling for 21 months", if it has "China" in it, it will be ignored. If it has "US", it will make the front page for days. Try Algolia and see for yourself.