Tianwen-3 is the Mars sample return mission of China, which is 2030 on the current plan. They do have the rocket to support the mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-3
you won't expect rock samples from New England and middle east are the same, right? The current theory is that samples collected by Chang'e 6 could be the oldest sample we ever saw from Moon. It would be worth to study and prove that.
In the past year there were 6 probes (include Chang'e-6) trying to make a soft landing on the moon and only half of them succeed or partially succeed. I'm not sure how it counts as "no other competitors".
I don't have access behind the paywall. But from the title, if it is only telecom carriers devices, basically RISC-V and ARM chips.
Telecom giants like Huawei and ZTE use their own network processor on data plane for a long time, replacing control plane CPU (usually x86 or ARM) is not a big task. Smaller companies who relies on Broadcom solution may have a tough time, but 3 years to find a replacement and finish adaptation is not that hard too.