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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

CHAPTER

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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