Which means that the AI systems won't be built *** by US ***. China will have no issues building them.
Yep. Looks like Trump is ushering in the new era of Chinese world dominance/supremacy. It'll be interesting to see how America reacts as it realizes that it's long term status is dipping to become a second class nation.
Apparently the derogatory term the Chinese use for Trump is 'the nation builder', as in 'His attacks on the world are causing other nations to unite'.
I also don't see how this can end well. The Chinese are proud. I can't imagine that they'll appreciate being called peasants by Vance. And they have deep dark memories that make them allergic to a foreign power threatening them to buy goods. See also the Opium Wars.
Ironically, China is the source of an awful lot of the fentanyl used in the US given that they not only sell, but also subsidize the raw materials used to manufacture it.
Hm... using this comparison around someone with Chinese heritage might get you an earful. China isn't forcing the US to sell fentanyl in the US, it's organized crime gangs supplying it. When fentanyl was originally sent from China, it was the work of the Triad, not the government. It's still a problem, but they see it very differently. As you probably know, the penalty for illegal drug sales in China can be, and often is, death. My understanding is that even smuggling the raw materials (which, I'm told, have some legitimate uses) to Mexico is only done by the Triad due to this. Organized crime gangs also distribute the stuff here, so it's crime syndicates all the way through.
All that's an aside though, my point is that a trade war strikes a nerve. The US is threatening China, complaining about a trade imbalance, and they have memories from the British doing that.
