I would not have expected that in 2025 I'd be reading Chinese writers deftly explaining my own country's faults (while many of my countrymen are, frankly, on some bullshit), but here we are. Congrats on being published in the NYT; good to see you're taking all the responses to your piece in stride. I think I'd freak out a little if people were having some of those reactions to something I wrote.
And, FWIW, even in these strange and uncertain times, I can share that some of my American colleagues are currently visiting China while some of our Chinese colleagues are here visiting our US facility, all working to improve communication and share knowledge so we can have greater success. We might all be eating bitterness for a while, but we're going to get through this and profit.
It's wild to me to see that there are still Westerners out there who are making the same old claims that China can't innovate and only make shoddy knock-offs. Most ironically, I have met people actually involved in the process of Chinese innovation who make those same blathering pronouncements. It's as if such opinion was implanted into their brains and needs to be extracted by force.
The Mufeng article is really interesting in contrast to US commentary on the same issues. In particular, why is the Biden administration effort to bring back high end manufacturing through subsidies not mentioned? The Trump administration may already have destroyed these efforts, but subsidies are much more feasible than taxes in the US political system.
I agree that it is really interesting. The perspective is different from all the many articles I have read from US writers. I have one question: what is G2?
I agree very much with Michael Hejtmanek that some in the West are frustrated by the fact that China succeeds with a different playbook than conventional Western wisdom. Here in Europe, I often observe people still arguing that there is something "wrong" about China's rise because they have followed a different path. Maybe they see their worldview threatened that the Western system is not the only path to success
I would not have expected that in 2025 I'd be reading Chinese writers deftly explaining my own country's faults (while many of my countrymen are, frankly, on some bullshit), but here we are. Congrats on being published in the NYT; good to see you're taking all the responses to your piece in stride. I think I'd freak out a little if people were having some of those reactions to something I wrote.
And, FWIW, even in these strange and uncertain times, I can share that some of my American colleagues are currently visiting China while some of our Chinese colleagues are here visiting our US facility, all working to improve communication and share knowledge so we can have greater success. We might all be eating bitterness for a while, but we're going to get through this and profit.
Refreshing views.
It's wild to me to see that there are still Westerners out there who are making the same old claims that China can't innovate and only make shoddy knock-offs. Most ironically, I have met people actually involved in the process of Chinese innovation who make those same blathering pronouncements. It's as if such opinion was implanted into their brains and needs to be extracted by force.
The Mufeng article is really interesting in contrast to US commentary on the same issues. In particular, why is the Biden administration effort to bring back high end manufacturing through subsidies not mentioned? The Trump administration may already have destroyed these efforts, but subsidies are much more feasible than taxes in the US political system.
I agree that it is really interesting. The perspective is different from all the many articles I have read from US writers. I have one question: what is G2?
I hadn’t heard that term before, but it seems very likely they are referring to the US+China.
I agree very much with Michael Hejtmanek that some in the West are frustrated by the fact that China succeeds with a different playbook than conventional Western wisdom. Here in Europe, I often observe people still arguing that there is something "wrong" about China's rise because they have followed a different path. Maybe they see their worldview threatened that the Western system is not the only path to success