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[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 56 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I do so love to hear about "cheap Chinese steel" coming out of the mouths of know-nothing liberals and the haters running PR in American metallurgical industries.

The idea that a foreign could have figured out how to do something cheaper, faster, and better than an American is so alien and incomprehensible to the western brainpan.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It is true that Chinese steel was inferior at one point but just like cheap Chinese goods of yesteryear the modern stuff is on par with western products because that's what they had to do to appeal to western consumers and manufacturers. Like damn I guess the market decided but since it's the Chinese doing it they can't believe it.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

the modern stuff is on par with western products because that's what they had to do to appeal to western consumers and manufacturers

It's what they had to do to appeal to Chinese customers and manufacturers. China is eclipsing Western consumer markets as fast as they're manufacturing outlets.

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