Quote: (05-17-2019 01:37 PM)Deepdiver Wrote:
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I really do hear what you are saying and admire the Chinese ability to reverse engineer everything from Cell Phones, Bicycles, Land Rovers to Stealth Jet Fighters and our Trident Nuclear Ballistic Submarines and Mao's Long March Missiles not to mention our Aegis anti Missile Cruisers and Hypersonic Anti Everything Missiles.
And Confuscious Spirit only knows what they have done with our Area 51 etc, ARV technologies. I worked in a Major R&D Uni in Boston as a Cyber Security lead analyst.
Metro Boston has this phenomenon of Euro Kids - kids from wealthy families around the world who are very fond of major Euro Fashion Designers as a subtle way to exhibit their wealth DHV for men and SMV for Women.
The Euro Kids were originally wealthy students from Europe, the Middle East, and South America - more recently it is Indus Region and mostly Mainland Chinese with a few middle east, some Japanese and quite a few South Koreans... and of course Rich South Americans even richer selling Natural Resources to the Mainland Chinese. Mainland Chinese love Boston Unis so much they lead the recent Anti-Asian Racists lawsuit against the once invulnerable Harvard University for capping its "Asian" student body Undergrad and Grads at 25% - How dare this University founded on "China Trade" wealth discriminate against the Sons and some Daughters of the Communist Red Chinese predatory capitalists - China Trade in reverse is the ultimate in ironies.
Point is the more the Chinese go rogue - the more that Japan, South Korea, and Germany/EU will step up their game and they secretly support Uber Patriot Trump as they subscribe to the same intellectual property Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks protective laws that the USA does - and - Trump's corrective interview of XI, the CCP and Communist Inscrutable Freaking Red Chinese benefit the Japan, Germany and South Korea etc, more so as they are leaders in today's Global Knowledge Technologies based economy.
The fact that no one in the China Loving CFR controlled MSM speaks about is the USA's Major Global Market advantages only become more evident;
1. Business Contracts based upon the rule of law rather than graft and corruption networks (China/Russia etc).
2. Unlimited Land to build cutting edge state of the art AI/Robotic factories.
3. Unlimited Energy Resources included newer Renewable Energy and Backup power systems.
4. Unlimited Demand USA and Globally for best in class Quality and Reliability in all products and services these factories and Corporate Office Complexes in both USA based and foreign-based Corporations will continue to explode the growth of Competitive International Free, Fair, and Reciprocal trade worldwide.
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It's not just the Chinese with the ability to reverse-engineer.
The Japanese are absolute masters at it.
And as you also point out, it's not just in engineering, it's in fashion.
Even music production.
I'm told they have the best 'tribute' bands on the planet in Japan (correct me if I'm wrong). I've known some Japanese guys who could play like Hendrix and make dub like Lee Scratch Perry. It's uncanny how they can strip something down to its bare bones and reconstitute it.
I'm also told, by someone that lives in Japan and is 'part' Japanese (he works in the international trade of high-end Japanese vintage guitars), that it's impossible to get in to a band there! He is a virtuoso musician on Bass. Probably one of the most accomplished bass players on the planet. He even looks a bit Japanese. But there is no way in hell he is ever going to be allowed to play in a band without being native born and bred. Don't forget he runs a successful shop there bringing in revenue for the country and for many other citizens who sell him their guitars when their loved ones die. Vintage guitars remember from the 70's, and 80's.
Now, that is what I call 'Racism'. The Japanese might just be the most 'racist' people on the entire planet. Absolutely savage.
Point is the more the Chinese go rogue - the more that Japan, South Korea, and Germany/EU will step up their game and they secretly support Uber Patriot Trump as they subscribe to the same intellectual property Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks protective laws that the USA does
I just mentioned this in a roundabout way before in my previous post before seeing yours. Japan is a competitor to China and so is South Korea. At least as far as Musical Instruments go. Well, it's not just musical instruments because those companies that make those musical instruments also make high end motorbikes (Yamaha) and software (Yamaha who bought out German company Steinberg).
If you study the history of these Japanese corporations like Korg and Yamaha they often started making something else and diversified as markets changed. A few started in the manufacture of Furniture. But those woodworking skills were quickly put to use for musical instrument manufacture.
We often talk about IQ here, so let's not forget those Chinese and Japanese are higher IQ than most Europeans/Americans. That means the ability to take previously won knowledge and apply it to other fields. Nothing is wasted. Everything is consolidated. One way or another.
As for Germany, well, I guess we'll have to delve a bit more in to that other stuff you mentioned about Patents/Copyrights/Trademarks...
Ah, Behringer again...