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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's crazy how the global powers have handed China so much power as a result of their insatiable greed. China was hardly a concern 40 years ago, but 4 decades of manufacturing and stealing literally everyone's IP have given them resources they didn't have access to before.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

China didn't have to steal anything, the west handed them all of our trade and engineering secrets on a silver platter just to boost their profit margins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well yes, under contract that they don't copy it, but that's not how China works.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Twenty years ago they were still basically nothing.