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I gotta say. As a someone who was a teen fully deep in the "China bad" propaganda machine, I really don't get the fears that Americans have about China. It's a country like any other. At least they have healthcare kekw.
What got you out of the China Bad machine, if you don't mind me asking?
Sorry for the late response 😅
But to put it briefly, I was just kinda fascinated by the Chinese tech scene. Specifically the smartphone market post-2019 huawei ban. That led me into learning about china infrastructure efforts.
I don't think I'd call myself "pro-china." I'm not "pro-any country." But I think that it's genuinely a pretty neat place I'd like to visit someday.
PS, this video is really fucking cool 😁
Clickbaity title, but I found it super informative.
All good! Thanks for getting back to me. Yeah the tech scene is one where China's dominance is undeniable, it went 'China can't make anything > China can only copy > China must be stealing to get ahead > We have to stop China from innovating"
Even my tech bro workmates recognise that efforts to hold things like DeepSeek and TikTok back are geopolitically motivated