Illustration: Henry Wong/SCMPChina’s chip executives brace for winter as US sanctions push country’s semiconductor industry to the brink of desperation- At first, US sanctions helped trigger a boom in China’s chip industry as firms pushed to meet Beijing’s call for technological self-reliance- Most executives from Chinese chip firms predict that 2023 will be worse than this year, adding that they are ‘preparing for winter’Illustration: Henry Wong/SCMP"