They're definitely playing catch-up in some areas and are massive rivals in others but that's the same with most countries. COMAC is pretty close to production (supposed to be this year I think) of its first commercial jets. They've made military jets for years.
China are catching up but surely it's not controversial to claim the US still edges it tech-wise?
They definitely lead in some areas, but China do in others, Korea in others etc (and I would argue UK for ARM although it's now been bought out). Even that article starts with " The United States might be leading in some areas of its technology race with China" rather than saying a flat they're ahead.
The Russians always had some truly extraordinary technology.
Even with ARM, considering the UK as a tech leader is a bit of a joke
Interesting. In which area do you think China is on top?
We dont know what Chinese influence really looks like yet - at least in terms of the West. What we DO know is the impact America has had and it's absolutely terrible mostly.
To be fair you're right, but ARM are in about 85% of smartphones so I thought that was somethingEven with ARM, considering the UK as a tech leader is a bit of a joke
The production of high quality components at a cost that blows other countries tech out of the water at their price. And easily.
Didn't nvidia (american) buy them out not too long backTo be fair you're right, but ARM are in about 85% of smartphones so I thought that was something
Yeah, I said that earlier that they were bought out. I was just making the point that different countries always have leads in different areas generally (and ARM was UK when it grew to pretty much what it is now)
That's not a technology, that's cheaper labor.
You think millions of Chinese kids put together chips with 7 nanometre gaps between billions of transistors?
No, otherwise I would have mentioned kids.
To my knowledge, microchip production is actually a weak point of China's. They can use the machinery cheaply, but they cannot produce the machinery that produces the chips. Other countries do that, and I think most of them are allied more closely with the US. Last I read (a few months ago), China was working hard on trying to fix this gap and considering it rather crucial.
Yes I think the US sanctions probably pushed them to do this quicker than they would have otherwise done
Even with ARM, considering the UK as a tech leader is a bit of a joke
The UK is arguably the best of the rest after the US and China. The sector has been booming in recent years.To be fair you're right, but ARM are in about 85% of smartphones so I thought that was something
Sorry, it's my Lenovo laptop.I can't believe so many of you seem to be CCP lovers.
Having lived in China I'd say its hard not to look at the massive improvements in the lifes of my wife's family on the mainland... having grown up in hk obviously the general concensus is different but if you spent any significant time there you would probably see the situation as more nuanced than typically shown in Western mediaI can't believe so many of you seem to be CCP lovers.
Yes. The most capable aircraft known to man began development in the 1970s, and American warships are protected by a system dating back to the 1960s. Think what China's military was like back then. It takes decades to develop this stuff properly.
In what world? What tech companies does the UK have?
Marx Cafe right here, bro.I can't believe so many of you seem to be CCP lovers.
Talking about tech innovation I guess, fintech, AI etc rather than manufacturing televisions. Similar to how the UK is up there with Germany when it comes to automotive engineering despite manufacturing few cars.
Do you have examples of Western media pumping out "crap" against China?I'm not biased towards the CCP but the hatred towards china is a massive political and media bias.
To cut the story short, the US cannot stand that it will no longer be the global superpower it once was. China will lead in terms of economy within a few years. It's easy to see why. The western media constantly pumping out crap against China to get the general Western population riled.
The same people who are anti China are pro USA (or probably used to be) - the Nation that has a far, far bigger history of feck ups over the past few hundred years.
By the way I'm British - but I urge people to visit the country
And that Alaska is the most weastern, northern and estern State of the US
The narrative from the beginning of the pandemic was one blatant example. I can atest to that because it's one subject I dedicated a lot of time to in the beginning, unlike other issues that I only read about superficially. Most major news outlets participated on it. China is not exactly North Korea, there are thousands of westerners living there, including journalists. It's possible to cross check information.
Even more startling, it was bought from Russia in 1867 for only about $120m in today's prices.
Yup. So many times I imagined how the COld war would be without that sale
Overlooked comment imo. The US still has the geographically most favorable position of all. Every country in its entire hemisphere bar about 2 (that combined add up to population of $40M) is an ally or at least has cordial relations, and none of them are serious threats. The US ends up dedicating very little of its resources and focus on maintaining this position, and can direct nearly all of its attention elsewhere (and sometimes into giant blunders like Iraq).
I think the thing about China is that you can have a pretty life as a middle class citizen as long as you don't critize the regime. They have been incredibly succesfull in economic growth. However I think what they done to the tibetans and still do is pretty awfull and it's not western propaganda. The tibetans don't for instance self-immolate to show their graitutude to the CCP. I happen to know a lot tibetans because I've had an interest in tibetan buddhism since I was 18 and I've met quite a few who have spent over a decade in a prison camp. Now they have more recently started giving the Uighurs the same treatment and I don't consider that made up propapagande either.
Whatever China does wrong it does wrong, but it doesn't worse than many other countries. Actually other countries do it worse. But western propaganda scrutinize and spins out, somtimes exagerate (and I would say once or twice lied) things way more than any other country and it is for an obvious reason.
There is a difference though. The western media is allowed to critize their own regimes because we have free press. None of that ever happens in countries with goverments with toltalitarian goverments because they don't have free press and free speech. Essentially people suffering from the wrongs of totalitarian goverments reach out to the western free speech to have a voice.
Sure, the western media will always have small outlets and some 1 or 2 weeks spree focusing on some problems and then forget about it but never puts on check their governments. Every single developed country sells billions in arms to the Saudis that are slaughtering Yemen, who knows what happened in Lybia-Syria concatenation, or operation Sofia in EU and a huge etc.. What China is doing indebting countries is straight playbook from the US in Southamerica in the 70 and 80.
If anything western media is nowhere critical enough of China but whatevs
Not in what it matters in human rights but yes in other stupid PR stunt like the "China virus" that the right wing patriot media spun till a puking level
