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Re:From imitation to innovation: How China became a tech sup... by 2muchcoffeeman on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:49PM (#16444324)
I guess we really taught them how to copy everything by moving all manufacturing there. Once they could do everything without external help, they would innovate.
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Re:From imitation to innovation: How China became a tech sup... by mirimir on Friday February 23, 2018 @12:49AM (#16444519)
Literally. We packed up steel mills, and shipped them there. We can blame it all on Nixon and Kissinger.
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