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... a steady construction pipeline helps [...]. Equipment and component makers can standardize production when they know there will be demand for their specialized goods year after year, and more experienced construction crews can avoid costly delays. [...] And, of course, China’s one-party system has proven more adept than America’s messy democracy in recent decades at permitting and constructing all kinds of infrastructure projects.

I hope these ambitions transition global manufacturing away from coal.

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I hear lots of things about China:

  • Genocide
  • Communist
  • COVID

For example

But I've never actually heard slavery before (at least when discussing present day China)

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But I've never actually heard slavery before (at least when discussing present day China)

Really?

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I was calling this genocide. Are they using these folks as labor for infrastructure projects?