Manufacturing and Value Chains
Made in China 2.0: The future of global manufacturing?
From electric vehicles and solar panels to humanoid robots and enterprise-grade AI, China is defining the terms of competition in advanced manufacturing
Kaiser Kuo is a writer for the World Economic Forum and the host of the Sinica Podcast, the leading English-language podcast on current affairs in China.
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