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Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by nosianu on Friday December 19, 2025 @06:02AM (#46324461)
Which in turn was fueled by the consumers' desire for cheap stuff, and for their portfolios to earn them a lot of money to be able to retire early and live comfortably while letting a cheaper workforce far away do more and more of the dirty and dangerous jobs.

The "bean counters" are under pressure just like everybody else. They didn't come up with their targets and incentives out of nowhere.

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Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by kavalg on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:13AM (#46325446)
That's a fair point! I am myself wondering how much of this is policy and how much is the "natural way".
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Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by heavyset_go on Friday December 19, 2025 @05:24PM (#46331665)
That's what happens when wages are relatively stagnant compared to increases in productivity.
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