How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by heavyset_go on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:20AM (#46326121)

To speak to this importance, it wasn't long ago that the sentiment I heard about the country was that it isn't, or wouldn't be, ascendant due to their "culture".

It's the Schrodinger's cat of cultures. Or maybe generalities about culture aren't to explain for economic and political velocity.

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Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by holbrad on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:55PM (#46328773)

But it's undeniable that culture and how that's reflected in governance have a huge impact: South vs North Korea.

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Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by hearsathought on Friday December 19, 2025 @02:02PM (#46329576)

> But it's undeniable that culture and how that's reflected in governance have a huge impact: South vs North Korea.

Considering that north and south korea share the same "culture", wouldn't they be an example against your assertion?

Isn't the bigger impact that one is sanctioned by the world's sole superpower and the other is not?

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Re:How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West... by jasonwatkinspdx on Friday December 19, 2025 @02:27PM (#46329834)

Yeah, also it shows the comment is ignorant of history.

In the immediate aftermath of the Korean war, the North was actually more prosperous than the South. That changed with time, dramatically so, but initially it'd be reasonable to see the north as having better economic prospects.

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