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Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory by snicker7 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:02AM (#29791902)
Things moved fast in China (rather Shrnzhen) due to a period of ultra-liberal economics that Xi is now dismantling.
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Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory by sudosysgen on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:22AM (#29792283)
Xi has been cracking down a lot on "soft tech". Hardware tech has never been anywhere close to liberal even in Shenzhen, where all levels of government always had massive levels of investment and involvement in the industry.
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Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory by sitkack on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:48AM (#29792718)
Could you define soft tech in this context?
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Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory by sudosysgen on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:37AM (#29793384)
Software, digital services, as opposed to technology pertaining to hardware.
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