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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by baxtr on Saturday January 04, 2025 @02:24AM (#42593116)
Maybe true. But how do you get quality into the equation.

Is all the garbage on temu/shein also part of the gross production KPI? I couldn’t care less about these cheap plastic widgets.

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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by maxglute on Saturday January 04, 2025 @03:38AM (#42593418)
Some don't, but many do. Does a 600k NVIDIA AI rack provide as much value as 600k worth of commodity solar panels, or 10,000 entry level mopeds? Most of the world (developing) benefits more from commodity widgets.
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Re:China is the manufacturing superpower by baxtr on Saturday January 04, 2025 @10:44AM (#42595378)
Fair. But isn’t that exactly what money is there for?

You can objectively compare the value (to the world in this case) of two very different set of items.

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