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> their economic dividend runs out i dont think it will - they still have a chokehold on battery production (which implies dominance in the EV sector), and the
by chii 12d ago
> their economic dividend runs out
i dont think it will - they still have a chokehold on battery production (which implies dominance in the EV sector), and they also control the vast majority of all rare earths. The chinese gov't can subsidize chip research/development with these other sectors that are dominating.
The west is the one that need to watch out for their own economic dividend running out from the past century.
- sysguest 12d agoanother thing: chinese gov can just some of its wipe its populace easily (the gov controls media 100%) but... not the western govs