[gagan2020]

Chinese strategy is open-source software part and earn on robotics part. And, They are already ahead of everyone in that game.

These things are pretty interesting as they are developing. What US will do to retain its power?

BTW I am Indian and we are not even in the race as country. :(

[nazgulsenpai]

If I had to guess, more tariffs and sanctions that increase the competing nation's self-reliance and harm domestic consumers. Perhaps my peabrain just can't comprehend the wisdom of policymakers on the sanctions front, but it just seems like all it does is empower the target long-term.

[h0l0cube]

The tarrifs are for the US to build it's own domestic capabilities, but this will ultimately shift the rest of the world's trade away from the US and toward each other. It's a trade-off – no pun intended – between local jobs/national security and downgrading their own economy/geo-political standing/currency. Anyone who's been making financial bets on business as usual for globalization is going to see a bit of a speed bump over the next few years, but in the long term it's the US taking an L to undo decades of undermining their own peoples' prospects from offshoring their entire manufacturing capability. Their trump card - still no pun intended - is their military capability, which the world will have to wean themselves off first.

[bugglebeetle]

Unitree just open-sourced their robot designs:

https://sc.mp/sr30f

China’s strategy is to prevent any one bloc from achieving dominance and cutting off the others, while being the sole locus for the killer combination of industrial capacity + advanced research.

[aurareturn]

  China’s strategy is to prevent any one bloc from achieving dominance and cutting off the others, while being the sole locus for the killer combination of industrial capacity + advanced research.

You're acting like these startups are controlled by the Chinese government. In reality, they're just like any other American startup. They make decisions on how to make the most money - not what the Chinese government wants.

[asadm]

Not really. It seems unitree didn't open source anything. Not anything useful.

[dtquad]

>BTW I am Indian and we are not even in the race as country

Why are you surprised?

India was on a per capita basis poorer than sub-Saharan Africa until 2004.

The only reason India is no longer poorer than Africa is because the West (the IMF and World Bank) forced India to do structural reforms in 1991 that stopped the downward trajectory of the Indian economy since its 1947 independence.

[aurareturn]

  The only reason India is no longer poorer than Africa is because the West (the IMF and World Bank) forced India to do structural reforms in 1991 that stopped the downward trajectory of the Indian economy since its 1947 independence.

India had the world's largest GDP at some point in its history. Why did India lose its status?

[holoduke]

Also part of their culture/identity. A good thing i believe.

[dcreater]

India is absolutely embarrassing. Could have been an extremely important 3rd party that obviates the moronic US vs China, us or them, fReEdOm vs communism narrative with all the talent it has.

[esalman]

Turns out conservatism and far right demagoguery is not great for progress.