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Then why does nobody outside of China use Chinese tech? This is a paradox that flies in the face of all the 'great news' coming from China. In HK, nobody uses
by sonnyblarney 8y ago
Then why does nobody outside of China use Chinese tech? This is a paradox that flies in the face of all the 'great news' coming from China.
In HK, nobody uses Baidu, they use Google.
The article is misleading because the size of these 'new industries' like 'car sharing' is going to be a function of the size of the economy, so really, it's like measuring the size of the banking sector ... it will be a % of the economy and that's that. Since banking is protected, it will be domestically owned. In China, so many sectors (all of them?) are strongly protected in so many ways so the outcomes are all rather predictable. Ride sharing, search etc..
For AliBaba though, and situations wherein they have done things differently given the state of their economy, they can claim a separate path and it'd be rather difficult to predict outcomes.
But those things notwithstanding ... we're still not using any chips, OS, software, services or tech out of China just yet.
I'm actually really surprised there isn't some great, commonly available mobile OS from China commonly available here ...
- the-dude 8y agoEhhh, Rigol is a popular oscilloscope brand with non-professionals. Rigol is Chinese. https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z/ https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z... edit: and I should add, I think they redefined the market somewhat.
- musage 8y agoEhhh, you can find a strong position in a niche market for all sorts of nations, including tiny ones, and including markets that aren't as extremely niche as "non-professional oscilloscope usage". If that is all you can come up with for China, you're reaching.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoTouché. Kind of. I don't doubt there are things here and there, but if what an HN knowledgeable can come up with is 'Oscilloscopes' ... well then you might have made my point for me. I am perplexed by the lack of Chinese tech that we use and I think there must be some reasoning behind that. Our markets are 'mostly open'.