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What use is a large population that is poorly educated and financially constrained? China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly

What use is a large population that is poorly educated and financially constrained? China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly wealthy, educated population.

ctrbg 4y ago
> China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly wealthy, educated population. That's a very reductionist point of view which glosses over history.
sfeqcq 4y ago
> What use is a large population that is poorly educated and financially constrained? Sounds like China in the 1980s, when Apple first began manufacturing in China...
- AnAfrican 4y ago
  China's population in the 1980 was poor but was much better educated than most countries at the same GDP level. And a larger part of the population got basic education. This is important when you have to read instructions. (meanwhile India's literacy rate is at the level of a middle of pack African country)
  - sfeqcq 4y ago
    “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” :)
MangoCoffee 4y ago
>China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly wealthy, educated population. Deng Xiaoping started Chinese economic reform. You might want to check out China before Deng. its a poorly educated and financially constrained country. Do you need an educated labor force to assemble iPhone?
- AnAfrican 4y ago
  >Do you need an educated labor force to assemble iPhone? Yes you do. "Low-skill" workers with basic education (reading, writing, counting, some understanding of some scientific concepts) will simply perform better. And you still need engineers and other high-skill workers to supervise, maintain, perform quality control, improve methods etc.. The thing is China (at least until quite recently) had a huge quantity of those and at a rather low price.

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What use is a large population that is poorly educated and financially constrained? China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly

by eldaisfish 4y ago

What use is a large population that is poorly educated and financially constrained? China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly wealthy, educated population.

ctrbg 4y ago
> China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly wealthy, educated population. That's a very reductionist point of view which glosses over history.
sfeqcq 4y ago
> What use is a large population that is poorly educated and financially constrained? Sounds like China in the 1980s, when Apple first began manufacturing in China...
- AnAfrican 4y ago
  China's population in the 1980 was poor but was much better educated than most countries at the same GDP level. And a larger part of the population got basic education. This is important when you have to read instructions. (meanwhile India's literacy rate is at the level of a middle of pack African country)
  - sfeqcq 4y ago
    “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” :)
MangoCoffee 4y ago
>China's forays on the world stage are because of money and its increasingly wealthy, educated population. Deng Xiaoping started Chinese economic reform. You might want to check out China before Deng. its a poorly educated and financially constrained country. Do you need an educated labor force to assemble iPhone?
- AnAfrican 4y ago
  >Do you need an educated labor force to assemble iPhone? Yes you do. "Low-skill" workers with basic education (reading, writing, counting, some understanding of some scientific concepts) will simply perform better. And you still need engineers and other high-skill workers to supervise, maintain, perform quality control, improve methods etc.. The thing is China (at least until quite recently) had a huge quantity of those and at a rather low price.