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When thinking about how China came to dominate all manufacturing, it makes me wonder if China was playing Go and rest of the west was playing chess
by bsedlm 5y ago
When thinking about how China came to dominate all manufacturing, it makes me wonder if China was playing Go and rest of the west was playing chess
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- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoI always imagined it was because China could pay their employees scraps and didn't care about workplace safety. No idea if that's accurate or not, though.
- opinion-is-bad 5y agoIt’s a bit of both. Lots of countries have low wages and lax safety protocols, but they haven’t been able to hit double digit gdp growth for decades because of that alone.
- opinion-is-bad 5y agoThe book “On China” by Henry Kissinger makes almost that exact argument. Whatever your opinion on Kissinger, he opened relations with China and definitely has an interest viewpoint.