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The predictions about China are a little confusing. I know they’ve copied lots of foreign tech, but have they demonstrated any ability to source original resear
by ianai 7y ago
The predictions about China are a little confusing. I know they’ve copied lots of foreign tech, but have they demonstrated any ability to source original research and development that had no external links? This read a little like what China would want the 2020s to look like.
- m_ke 7y agoDoes it matter? They're a manufacturing powerhouse and have a government in place that can (and has shown willingness to) take long term bets that are in the interest of their country.
- arnaudsm 7y agoI agree. Except for mass manufacturing and stolen tech, most chinese tech is smoke and mirrors at the moment. Chinese research is famously low-quality given that most researchers are paid by the paper. I hope their fusion and quantum experiments are real, and not PR lies like the soviet union used to do in the 80s.
- Symmetry 7y agoHistorically most countries don't succeed in copying others and those that are able to, like the US and Japan, go on to innovate later.
- rjkennedy98 7y agoYes they have. Huawei and 5g is the largest instance of this, but there are plenty of others.