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> what China demonstrated here is, that it is totally possible for a poor country to bootstrap itself All the American and European companies who moved product
by MisterTea 8y ago
> what China demonstrated here is, that it is totally possible for a poor country to bootstrap itself
All the American and European companies who moved production there bootstrapped China. The money had to come from somewhere. China saw the immense opportunity in western greed and ran with it.
- rangibaby 8y agoUSSR (for all its faults) achieved the same thing in a more hostile environment than the PRC.
- obscurantist 8y agoThe USSR achieved more than just the same thing. When you say more hostile environment, I'm assuming you mean they were in an essentially autarkic condition, unlike contemporary China. But beyond that, the Soviets produced far greater, actually novel results in sciences, mathematics, and technology while having only one-fifth of China's population.
- oh-kumudo 8y agoIf anything, the Chinese education system is a ripoff from Soviet Union, not the Western countries. It is probably still is.