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by Daishiman 3136 days ago
Those are a bare few data points that don't contemplate the history of technological and economic development. Historically, countries which want to develop their local industries protect them heavily when they're in a phase where they cannot compete against external forces until such point at which they can actually deal with the international market.

This has been one of the ways in which China has improved technological innovation at an incredibly fast pace.