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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by whimsicalism on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:18PM (#28951511)
It has a lot to do with jingoism/nationalism, albeit maybe not race explicitly (although I doubt the cultural rift between the two does much to help).

I rarely see the same level of outrage against Saudi Arabian oil (yes, yes, a low proportion of gas in the US nowabouts) or things produced in many other circumstances that are at least as "unfree" as they are in China.

Because of that, I find it difficult to believe that it is based off of some principled stand over governance.

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by Jensson on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:40PM (#28951702)
Saudi Arabia selling oil is just them selling natural resources. China selling high tech better than anyone else in the world is signs of the world order changing.

Edit: Personally I am excited that we can potentially have another billion educated people to help solve the worlds problems. I see more and more good things come out of China, so I am optimistic over the potential to trade ideas and not just cheap labor.

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Re:BYD has reportedly received 10 GWh of orders from Tesla f... by Syonyk on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:48PM (#28951756)
Careful there. They might decide that the problem that the world needs solved is that China and the CCP don't rule all of it. Yet.

China has been moving in a very, very nationalistic direction lately.

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