I think that's a tad overstated. If they were using slave labor, China's economy would resemble North Korea's. As to stolen technology, that has been the growth path of the economies of East Asia, including relatively wealthy economies like Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Heck, ripping off other people's inventions has been how underdogs caught up since the dawn of time. Re-inventing the wheel in pointless and wasteful. And this stuff about selling out their own people is just silly. How is an economy that started out 1979, before economic liberalization started, with 5% of Mexico's GDP per capita and has attained 50% of Mexico's GDP per capita in the past couple of years, be said to have been the result of "selling out"? In 1979, China had 80% of India's GDP per capita, compare to 4x India's number today. Ultimately, a lot of your conclusions are the result of bad data.
I think that's a tad overstated. If they were using slave labor, China's economy would resemble North Korea's. As to stolen technology, that has been the growth path of the economies of East Asia, including relatively wealthy economies like Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Heck, ripping off other people's inventions has been how underdogs caught up since the dawn of time. Re-inventing the wheel in pointless and wasteful. And this stuff about selling out their own people is just silly. How is an economy that started out 1979, before economic liberalization started, with 5% of Mexico's GDP per capita and has attained 50% of Mexico's GDP per capita in the past couple of years, be said to have been the result of "selling out"? In 1979, China had 80% of India's GDP per capita, compare to 4x India's number today. Ultimately, a lot of your conclusions are the result of bad data.
What do you call it when people live in barracks at the factory and make next to nothing? Perhaps not technically slave labor but not far from it.
Interesting how you defend theft and espionage. Not true either. Companies like Sony and Mitsubishi are leaders in their fields with active and very effective R&D departments. Reinventing the wheel is not what I'm talking about. It's more like stealing other people's wheels.
You misunderstood about the selling out part. China is not the sellout. At least looking out for their own interests which is far more than I can say for our government and our "Free Traders" They are the ones who are selling out their own people for a quick profit.