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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by arp242 on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:03AM (#35133498)
> Manufacturing and innovation in Western countries are now in a state of malaise and they're being quickly overtaken by Asian countries such as China. Like it or not, the West generally is in a state of decline.

China is pretty good at manufacturing, and pretty terrible at everything else. Research and innovation in particular are very much China's weak point.

Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by JPLeRouzic on Monday March 13, 2023 @08:34AM (#35134847)
> "* Research and innovation in particular are very much China's weak point.*"

Then why in most scientific papers often at least one author has a name of 'Han' origin?

Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by pb7 on Monday March 13, 2023 @04:29PM (#35142042)
Because they have 1.4B people? China != people of Chinese ethnicity. Your name doesn’t change when you immigrate somewhere.