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China's approach has been to steal, but also send out massive numbers of students and bring them back. They've invested heavily in educational infrastructure.
by Kalium 11y ago
China's approach has been to steal, but also send out massive numbers of students and bring them back. They've invested heavily in educational infrastructure.
But don't assume that that means moving towards a society that believes in things like fair labor rights. The Communist party isn't much on giving up power.
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoWhat do they bring back? A mentality of theft and copying. Unless they can pivot their values to ownership, creativity, rewarding chance taking, free speech, etc then it won't work for them. This is like all those failed attempts to make a silicon valley in other countries. They overlook the values argument because its politically difficult for them to address it. Autocracies have historically been failures in this regard. Even the entire USSR in its heyday couldn't compete with Intel in the 70s and had to steal technology. Looks like the Chinese are doing the same today with these filter chips.
- Kalium 11y agoWhat they bring back is knowledge and expertise. China is pursuing a strategy with two forks. Theft to catch up, and education to secure a future. It's unwise to treat so large a country as only capable of doing one thing at a time. Similarly, it's unwise to assume that only western values can produce useful innovative outcomes. Cuba is nobody's idea of a free society, but they've done a huge amount of groundbreaking medical research and development.