I think Chinese government doesn't worry a slow and steady population decrease. In fact 1.4b population is too much. Even China has already become world factory. The unemployment rate is still high.
The most obvious proof of China's AI research development is autonomous driving technology. Huawei's autonomous driving is much better than Tesla's. Which was develped in US. Tesla visual autonomous driving is repeating Tesla's 4680 battery disaster. It's a dead end path.
I think US is making same mistake Soviet Union made. Which is choosing a wrong path of AI development. ChatGPT is overestimated. It's just an auxiliary tool for office works. 1,ChatGPT doesn't have innovative capability. It's a follower of existing human knowledges. 2,All data fed to it are from...
As a victim of colonialism, after UK left, India itself inherited colonialism from UK. Victim immediately became oppressor in a very smooth manner. Indians don't hate British. They admire British instead. They don't hate oppressors. What the hate is the oppressors are not Indians.
China alway pursues multi suppliers for any raw material. Even Russian oil is cheaper than others. China never stopped buying oil from other suppliers. Also for this reason China invested huge amount of money in Guinea iron mine. No matter how cheap iron ore from Australia is, China will not...
I remember European said safety is more important than cheap energy. Same to China. China has lost trust to Australia for ever. Sea freight isn't a big deal. It's only small part of total cost.
What is "otherwise"? China is building infrastructures in Guinea. Which owns one of biggest iron mines in the world. China has also promoted relationship with Brazil and Russia. Which are both major natural resources suppliers.
Australia is no different than Saudi. Who heavily relies on natural resources export. This kind of economic is not something admirable. Believe me, the cost of China decoupling Australia is much lower than Germany decoupling Russia.
China needs Australian raw materials. But China doesn't rely on Australian raw materials. For every raw material Australia has, there are at least two countries that can replace it. In the long run, China will definitely decrease raw materials import from Australia.
China is a rising power. Which means it will grab cake from others. People in rich countries don't like changes. They want to enjoy their cosy lifestyle forever. China is the one that brought changes to them.
Chip fabrication is kind of a tough work. Only East Asians can handle it. The fab technologies were developed by East Asians themselves. Not by US. US can not own all chip related technologies because it doesn't have the capability. China has the capability. And China doesn't need to cooperate...