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Why there aren't many innovators in China

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Re: Why there aren't many innovators in China

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Post by Qa8BBatwHxK8Pu »

maeon3 wrote: post #17

In America intelligence is seen as Yankee ingenuity, building a better mousetrap. Talking back to your superiors and finding a better way is smiled on if you can produce results in the states. In china, intelligence is seen as efficiency, doing something well, getting the right boxes filled on the exam, non-intelligence related things that are called intelligence. Go talking about how the yuan is pegged to the dollar…

They can't afford ethics, honesty, "care and affection" and stuff. But without it they can't beat the slave spirit so hardly ingrained in their social DNA. Egg and the chicken, huh? They need to propagate the wealth in their system so they can stop worrying about the cash and start being themselves.

Re: Why there aren't many innovators in China

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Post by joe_the_user »

DeanCollinsLCC wrote: post #12
AJ007 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trying to run a web startup on a censored internet is like trying to build a skyscraper on a foundation which magically disappears.

ha ha, i'd take censorship over patents anyday.

But you can both!

Well, in a broad sense. Government censorship and government granted monopolies go together naturally.

Re: Why there aren't many innovators in China

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Post by zhemao »

The internet in China isn't that good. Transfer fees are slow, there is a lot of government censorship, and not many people can afford it. Why invest in a risky internet startup, then, when there is much more money to be made in manufacturing or real estate? So the financial incentive to invest in a tech startup just isn't there. It's probably also difficult for potential startups to get good engineers, as the brightest students usually go into government or work for one of the large government-sponsored corporations that dominate the economy.

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Post by IsaacL »

buu700 wrote: post #14
joezhou wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Posterous. I had to use VPN to post. Seriously

If you don't mind my asking, why choose to post this specifically where it will be blocked for others in China?

It's not blocked everywhere in China, I can access it fine here (Chengdu).

Re: Why there aren't many innovators in China

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Post by donw »

jenhsun wrote: post #20

That's why I was pitching so many times to my friends. Why not go to Taiwan first? Small island for testing the foreseeable mainland market, initial understanding the culture and language, and enjoy freedom of speech and better human right. Mostly OEM industry HQ are all right here. All you have to worried are air pollution, the crazy traffic, and the heat, humidity tropical weather. There is a site called techorange…

As a Westerner, I'll also put in a vote for Taiwan -- great people, big pool of talent, but overall a western-style business environment.
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