The Chinese Way of Innovation

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3 points·chrisjarvis··3 comments

The author of this article is sort of expanding it on twitter:

https://twitter.com/mattsheehan88/status/151724587067212595

I don't know if the author picked the subtitle of the article:

"What Washington Can Learn From Beijing About Investing in Tech"

Or an editor did it?

As it reads, it is kind of tragic. Because what can Washington do? Other than make matters worse for the US; because at this point the policy response seems to be a strictly adverserial one: sanctions, harsh rhetorics, have the FBI chase Chinese students and researchers ...

All policies that deprive the US of its single biggest advantage: That US tech companies and research institutions are extremely attractive to work for and thus suck talent from all over the world including China.

For decades, many Americans derided China as a nation of copycats incapable of creativity, let alone breakthrough innovation

Latent racism associated with exceptionalism. "Pride goeth before a fall." Sinophobia and/or prejudice against 'The Yellow Peril' has been a constant in the 'White West' for several centuries. It's nothing new.

There's no cause for "concern" until get liberal democracy. Until then, people who make money in China would still prefer to spend it and live in the West where they have rights.

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