China has a long history of espionage and theft to jumpstart many of their technologies someone else developed.
As they should.
Why should technology be gate-kept from less developed nations simply because they can’t afford it? That’s just a way to keep them underdeveloped, trapped in perpetual dependency on the more developed nations for so-called “intellectual property”
I don’t believe what you’re claiming I do. China, Japan, South Korea…all of these countries have made incredible inventions and technological achievements.
It’s also very common for the Chinese government to support and foster espionage against Capitalist countries to jump start their technological development of some things.
It’s also very common for corporations to steal from each other, too.
Multiple things can be true. Pointing out scummy behavior of one entity does not mean I’m a racist.
Okay, so you’re merely saying that they steal, but pretending that no one else does. That’s still Orientalism. There isn’t a powerful country in the world that isn’t engaged in industrial espionage. That’s just how industry works. It doesn’t make them scum.
No the French invented photovoltaics. Then it was an American who made the first commercial solar panel and Bell labs of the US made the modern solar panel design that we use today. China has been involved in development along the way, but they didn’t start things. Their biggest contribution has been making them cheap and affordable.
China has had plenty of innovations that are incredible. Sodium Ion battery technology is largely a Chinese development with others contributing. There are plenty of things that China has made and they should be proud of. They also steal other’s ideas and try to pull a “I made this” meme. That doesn’t mean they are unique in this manner, though.
American AI companies are thieves, too. The entirety of AI development is bullshit made on the back of human innovation. It’s an abomination. Multiple things can be true. You clearly have an agenda with your whataboutism arguments
No and I never said that. I said it was their largest contribution to the technology, although I’m open to a rebuttle of information, if you have evidence to the contrary. I’m hardly an expert, but I know a good amount of solar panel history.
Maybe try not being so fucking presumptuous and hostile to everyone that presents something you don’t like.
As they should.
Why should technology be gate-kept from less developed nations simply because they can’t afford it? That’s just a way to keep them underdeveloped, trapped in perpetual dependency on the more developed nations for so-called “intellectual property”
Not saying they should or shouldn’t. Just saying that copying someone else’s homework wholesale is not “innovating”.
Now you’re just being racist. They’re learning from other technology and then innovating it further, not just copying.
And if you don’t think the other countries you listed aren’t doing the same thing, you aren’t thinking about this seriously.
How the actual fuck am I being racist?
China is a country. Not a race.
The idea that Asians only steal and can’t invent anything is a pretty old Orientalist trope.
I don’t believe what you’re claiming I do. China, Japan, South Korea…all of these countries have made incredible inventions and technological achievements.
It’s also very common for the Chinese government to support and foster espionage against Capitalist countries to jump start their technological development of some things.
It’s also very common for corporations to steal from each other, too.
Multiple things can be true. Pointing out scummy behavior of one entity does not mean I’m a racist.
Okay, so you’re merely saying that they steal, but pretending that no one else does. That’s still Orientalism. There isn’t a powerful country in the world that isn’t engaged in industrial espionage. That’s just how industry works. It doesn’t make them scum.
Do you think the West invented all their solar panel tech? China is lightyears ahead.
Talking about stealing knowledge while current top Western tech is knowledge theft running on a GPU is peak cope.
No the French invented photovoltaics. Then it was an American who made the first commercial solar panel and Bell labs of the US made the modern solar panel design that we use today. China has been involved in development along the way, but they didn’t start things. Their biggest contribution has been making them cheap and affordable.
China has had plenty of innovations that are incredible. Sodium Ion battery technology is largely a Chinese development with others contributing. There are plenty of things that China has made and they should be proud of. They also steal other’s ideas and try to pull a “I made this” meme. That doesn’t mean they are unique in this manner, though.
American AI companies are thieves, too. The entirety of AI development is bullshit made on the back of human innovation. It’s an abomination. Multiple things can be true. You clearly have an agenda with your whataboutism arguments
Do you think discovering the principle of something is the same as refining and mass producing it? In that case, plants beat France.
Do you think the only thing China has done is make them cheap?
No and I never said that. I said it was their largest contribution to the technology, although I’m open to a rebuttle of information, if you have evidence to the contrary. I’m hardly an expert, but I know a good amount of solar panel history.
Maybe try not being so fucking presumptuous and hostile to everyone that presents something you don’t like.
In 2025 a Chinese company broke records with its innovations in perovskite-silicon tandem solar panels.
The idea that Asians are only good at making things cheap is more Orientalism. Maybe try to not be so fucking racist?