Does China actually "force" things to be done? As far as I can tell, in the realm of technology at least, the government mostly just sets direction and then lets private capital do its thing, albeit without letting power concentrate in a way that subverts government.

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anonzzzies 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When they want something to be done, it just gets done. I guess that is the point; I was working in China when one year there were 0 electric scooters; the next year, only. Gas scooters were forbidden overnight basically and that was that. Try doing that over here...

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canyp an hour ago | parent [-]

Hilarious. Such efficiency, not even the free markets can catch up!

Also, curious: did you not like it there and left, or was that a fixed-duration contract or something?

	▲	anonzzzies 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I loved it (still go on holiday), but the sentiment changed (during/after HK + Covid) and clients started to demand non-china produced electronics so we had to leave.

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code123456789 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, see Great Chinese Firewall. Providing a VPN access to civilians is a criminal offense in PRC. This is not the same as forcing companies to use domestic software, but to illustrate the ability of Chinese government to implement draconian limitations in general.