• x00z@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I’m sure the story behind “cheap” is the same as that of Chinese metal. Sell it really cheap to conquer the markets with state subsidized money.

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      6 days ago

      Maybe? I also suspect espionage, because it’s be a relatively easy thing to steal and than finetune to look like your own thing. Cheap labour is and was the main driver of China’s growth, though - otherwise they wouldn’t have the budget to subsidise much of anything.

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        6 days ago

        I’m sure there’s people already trying to figure out if it’s a derivative.