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Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

by breadwinner on 10/12/25, 11:26 PM with 18 comments

  • by breadwinner on 10/12/25, 11:31 PM

    Robotics has catapulted Beijing into a dominant position in many industries, especially ones involving renewable energy. Meanwhile in the US we are shutting down renewable energy projects (presumably to please middle-east benefactors), and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick wants to bring jobs to the US that involve putting screws into phones.
  • by ggm on 10/13/25, 12:19 AM

    I really hate modern headline writing. I think "Western executives confirm China's massive investment in advanced robotics" would have done everyone a better job.

    The torygraph should be ashamed of itself.

  • by Fricken on 10/12/25, 11:56 PM

    Maybe China's approaching demographic crisis won't be such a big deal after all.
  • by mitchbob on 10/13/25, 3:16 AM