[tartoran]

It's the low cost of labor in addition to lack of environmental regulation that made China a success story. I'm sure the competition helps too but it's not main driver

[tw1984]

oh, then explain to me how both China is leading in both robotics and AI. if it is because of "low cost of labor in addition to lack of environmental regulation", you'd be seeing countries like india beating the US and EU.

[amunozo]

That happens in most of the world. Why China, then?

[sarchertech]

Because they have a billion and a half people and they were willing to be the western world’s factory.