Posted on 03/09/2019 6:17:16 AM PST by vannrox
Interesting? China graduates nearly 10X more engineers than the US and many of those are mainland Chinese.
Technology doesn't come from government. The government didn't invent the transistor, or the laser, or genetic engineering, or the light bulb, or the jet engine, or electricity, or the integrated circuit chip, or the iPad, or the iPhone, or the personal computer, or the internet. Government can only create a better or worse environment for individual human beings to create technology.
Apart from your "basic" and "probably" China's progress in the past few decades clearly indicates it knows how to play "catch up". However, instead of talking about ways we might join to improve relations between our nations, its admirals are talking publicly about nuking the U.S.
I don't take the public pronouncements of Chinese generals very seriously. They've been saying they would conquer Taiwan for about 60 years. They're not going to do it for a real simple reason: they all have family members on Taiwan. Their wives would kill them.
A reader could surmise that your in-laws are reasonably comfortable with the status quo (micro view) and do not participate in the numerous and regular protests that occur throughout the nation. It is no doubt somewhat disconcerting to read the headlines and have family members on site no matter what your macro view.
Which country are you referring to, that has the numerous and regular protests?
Your question suggests you are making very little effort to keep up with our exchange - have a nice weekend.
That's probably your smartest way out at this point.
You have a nice one, too.
My Sony DVD player is flawless.
Heads up! Your Sony products are made in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and DangGruan in China.
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