If I was in china's position and so much is at stake, how can I go towards engineering all the tech from scratch when I can reverse engineer existing tech from west?

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vasco 5 hours ago | parent [-]

You wouldn't and you shouldn't. You should copy. It's what I would've done also. It's just what it is.

	▲	everfrustrated 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's also the foundation of the US economy. Look up the cotton gin patent some time. And the early days of Hollywood.