Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A...
by oezi on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:27AM
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The infrastructure spending is indeed mind boggling, but I have the feeling similar to their real estate glut that they are building too low quality and are making a grave mistake in this because they will be stuck with this infrastructure for the next decades (comparable with how the US is stuck with its aging airports, highways and congress centers).
Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A...
by csomar on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:31AM
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The public infrastructure (especially the newer one) is actually quite decent even by Western standards. The private buildings are not, at least the old ones (actually they are quite bad). The Chinese government recently banned high-rises because of this. Many of these buildings are now a liability to the public.
Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A...
by karlgkk on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:39AM
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The sanctions are making a huge impact - chip making is more complex than almost any other current industry. I don't think sanctions will stop them from achieving their goal, but it will push them back from their goal of independence by about a decade.
Who knows if it comes back to bite the US. If I were China, I'd remember how the US treated them. I don't know.
I am afraid the train left the station, or more like the rocket has launched already. I don't think the sanctions are going to make that big of an effect and if anything, they might come to bite the US back than anything else.