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Yes, learn to recognize a hit piece readers, sheesh. BYD likely has government subsidy and next to no regulations, particularly on the production side. It's easy to make money when you dump waste into rivers, just like how the US once was.

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Aren't environmental regulations in China stricter than in the US nowadays? In terms of (not) exploiting people without any other options, the US still may have a bit of a moral high ground... when compared to China.

They (China) aren't great on upholding their regulations.. not to mention the level of subsidies and meddling that China does with their own corporations is far beyond what any nation in the world would do for the most part. From state sponsored corporate espionage to simply cornering markets, China will not compete fairly.

I'm less than convinced the solution is for the US to play the same games. I'm rather against it altogether.

this isn't true in the slightest

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