The world outside the US is increasingly driving Chinese electric vehicles, scrolling the web on Chinese smartphones and powering their homes with Chinese solar panels.
  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    142·
    6 days ago

    I don’t see how China can be prevented in becoming a global leader in many or even most industries and technologies. The more important they are, the greater the likelihood that China will take the lead, because they will make greater effort.
    As I see it, China has the economy, educational system, people and leadership to achieve it.
    USA has better economy, but lacks in leadership, and can’t even maintain their infrastructure properly.
    India has similar population, but is behind on economy and education.
    Europe lacks in population and leadership, and is somewhat hampered by language barriers.

    The only way to prevent Chinese dominance in the future, would be for USA, EU and allies to pull together. But there is zero political commitment in that direction, and with the election of Trump, I don’t see that changing for at least the next 4 years. And without it, China will soon become undisputed economic industrial and technological leader of the world, because they have ALL the necessary ressources, and make the necessary political decisions followed up with economic incentives.
    China is doing this in every key area, while USA is trying politically only in ONE SINGLE AREA!! (chips)
    There is no doubt who has the political leadership for the future.

    PS: I am absolutely not a fan of China and their 1 party system, or their foreign policies ATM, they have become more aggressive in international politics and against their neighbors.
    I am warning against letting China get too far ahead, just like we were many that warned about Trump. And probably with the same result.

    • JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      76·
      6 days ago

      After stealing all data with shady RAT, china doesn’t have to do basic research. That’s million of man hours saved.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        97·
        6 days ago

        Yes they are even stealing more advanced technologies from us than we have, I don’t know how they do it, it’s quite amazing. /s

        • JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          25·
          6 days ago

          Reading comprehension is your friend. If don’t need to make basic research because you can take what other people did, you can advance faster.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
            52·
            6 days ago

            Ah yes, every year every grade gets a little bit easier, because everybody can just take what’s been done all the previous years.
            I listened to this crap about “stealing knowledge” when Japan rose like a rocket among international economies, the song is always the same, and it’s completely ignorant of the fact that ALL rising economies did it on the knowledge of others. But probably none more than USA.
            There is nothing wrong with that, and now USA has advanced far beyond the technologies they originally inherited from Europe.
            And China is doing the same now, just like Japan did half a century ago.

          • OfCourseNot@fedia.io
            21·
            6 days ago

            So the bad guys here are the ones preventing others to use their research… right?