The United States can learn from its technological success.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52365672

https://archive.is/ox58Y

  • These days, it’s the foreigners visiting China who often experience future shock, astonished by the towering skyscrapers, high-speed rail, megabridges, and ubiquitous electric cars, super-apps, and trifold smartphones.

  • The country now accounts for 70 percent of the world’s granted AI patents, 75 percent of global patent applications in clean-energy technology, 41 percent of granted patents in the life sciences and biotechnology, and more patent applications in fusion technology than any other country.

  • Eight of the world’s top 10 institutions by research output are in China, according to the Nature Index.

  • verdi@feddit.orgEnglish
    254·
    1 day ago

    China builds everything anyways. Hopefully they start building equality soon because so far, it’s indistinguishable from a lawless oligarchy. Let China build the means of production back into the proletariat’s hands instead of continuously moving towards fascism.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      15·
      24 hours ago

      it’s indistinguishable from a lawless oligarchy.

      It’s definitely an oligarchy, but “lawless” hasn’t been my impression of China, at least not any more than any capitalist country.

      • verdi@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        19 hours ago

        My meaning was, if you’re part of the apparatchik the law doesn’t apply to you much like i. e. the US with money keeping you from having to comply with the law.

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      252·
      1 day ago

      Let China build the means of production back into the proletariat’s hands

      That’s a good joke.

      China has billionaires just like the West, they shit on their underlings who shit on their underlings just like the west.

      China is a capitalist nation…

        • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 hours ago

          I think it’s that it basically has a grip on small economy

          It’s a chat app yes, but it’s also Amazon, it’s also a payment provider, not just online either, you pay in shops with a WeChat QR code, I think if you’re going to a gig, your tickets are on WeChat

          It’s basically all encompassing.

          • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            54 minutes ago

            I don’t understand the appeal of these apps. We have em too here in Japan called LINE and it’s just so bloated and annoying. It’s like having a whole phone os within an app because they have little mini apps (extensions) that you launch. And ads. Jesus, so many ads.