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Re:China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip lead... by rl3 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:45AM (#24131009)
Sadly their planning is coherent and logical. This move will in turn support its goal of AI leadership by 2030.[0]

I don't want to live in a world where such a dictatorship has a technological advantage so large they become the new superpower.

Unfortunately authoritarian governments are less impacted than liberal democracies by everything from social media polarization, to covid, to long-term planning shortcomings.

[0] https://multimedia.scmp.com/news/china/article/2166148/china...

Re:China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip lead... by xenospn on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:10PM (#24137630)
China doesn't have social media polarization.
Re:China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip lead... by rl3 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @12:08PM (#24144864)
Precisely.