• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sensationalist title with a question mark at the end of it?

    The answer is almost always “no”.

  • zephyreks@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    China bet hard on developing countries because the developed world isn’t growing at a rate that can keep up with China’s economic growth targets. In fact, we’re very quickly running towards the crossover point for Chinese trade dependence on the West vs. on the rest of the world.

    Also, a big chunk of Chinese exports to the West is in computers and consumer electronics… Markets which have seen a huge slowdown due to commoditization and aggressive political lobbying from the US.