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If China had kept its isolationism from before the opium war for much longer, it's hard to imagine its emergence as an economic super power
by bayesian_horse 11y ago
If China had kept its isolationism from before the opium war for much longer, it's hard to imagine its emergence as an economic super power
- hunglee2 11y agoYes, I think I would agree. I would draw a difference between protectionism vs isolationism though. Protectionism is more like a temporary ringfence of strategic industries you want to nurture - the long game is always to unleash them into the competitive free market when they are fit for that competition. Perhaps that is indeed the real reason for the firewall - a plan, ridiculously long term plan - to conquer the world with domestically cultivated innovation