How China acquires ‘the crown jewels’ of U.S. technology

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29 points·kawera··7 comments

Wait.. you mean, even openly buying things, like respecting free market economics, is now wrong?

So that reductionism around open markets the Federal Government keeps ramming down our (I am not american, I live in another economy) throats, it was all hyped bullshit, and in the final analysis, actually yes we can intervene on 'national strategic outcome' reasons anyway.

Sure, does that change anything?

America has never been short of this hypocrisy, most notably with Japan in the 90s. However one must reflect that the national corporatism in China is not free market as we understand it. The west's trade model is built around companies as individual actors separate from their countries but that is not true in China.

I mean the US has blocked 3 major semiconductor deals recently. The free market is pretty important but clearly some compamies and technologies should not be sold. Also, China has a pretty unfair set of rules for competing in their ecosystem whivh handicaps the US, leads to a lot of IP theft and forces profits and data through a Chinese pipeline.

So, i disagree we're totally asleep at the wheel and the scrutiny goes beyond that one agency mentioned. I don't know if a bankrupt company that likely hasnt fully developed an automated chip designer is a crown jewel

China is eating our lunch and we're to fat, greedy, and stupid to realize what's going on.

With an appropriately fashionable president as well. Brawndo, the thirst mutilator!

Thanks, I had a good laugh at this pun.

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