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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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Industrial Policies and Unintended Outcomes in Technology

This chapter examines China's industrial policies and their impact on technology development, highlighting how the country's barriers to Western companies fostered a unique tech ecosystem. It draws parallels with historical U.S. examples while critiquing the Great Firewall as both a political barrier and a catalyst for China's tech growth.

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