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Understanding China’s Engineering Empire

There are words we have been fighting over for decades, and two of them are “capitalist” and “socialist.” Which one is China? Well, are we talking about the China that builds iPhones or the China of ...
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In 1978, Chinese Engineers Visited Two Major US Firms. Their Return Marked the Birth of an Empire: Rare Earths

When a group of Chinese engineers arrived in California in 1978 to tour Lockheed Martin and McDonnell Douglas, few took notice. Their presence was modest, their mission vague. The United States, then ...