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539 points maguay | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 10:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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rich_sasha ◴[26 Aug 25 14:33 UTC] No.45027104[source]▶
I am torn on this.

On the one hand, I strongly agree with this article. This kind of state ownership never brings anyhing good. I don't see how this is different.

On the other, it is hard to deny how impressive the new wave of Chinese manufacturing is. No longer are they just making knock offs of Western products with stolen IP. BYD for example seems genuinely innovative, a top product. There are many other examples.

Now, these are clearly not state-ran enterprises, but equally the state is heavily involved. Or, Nvidia is concerned because China can mandate that the whole country pivots to using Chinese GPUs, seemingly with no deteiment to their AI research, while amazingly benefitting their own chip production ability.

I'm not sure how I reconcile these two.

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1. chatmasta ◴[26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC] No.45029577[source]▶
I didn’t even know BYD existed until I was visiting Australia, riding in my cousin’s Tesla, and he pointed to the dealership. I’d never seen one because they don’t sell in the US due to tariffs and the general economic environment. I found it striking that I’d been completely sheltered from this company and its products without even realizing it.