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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Well, my point exactly. All except the 4th were GOVERNMENT FINANCED projects, most of them even during Mao's time. And if any of these was a commercial success, then we haven't heard of them. It appears there are no wind farms based on this mysterious generator. As far as the missile is concerned, do you really think this was a Chinese development, rather than just a knock-off?
The electronic cigarette is again a knock-off of a Phillip Morris product.
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Of what relevance is the fact that these projects were government financed? You made a challenge and were answered decisively. You can't change the goal post after the fact. And, as far as government financing is concerned, many of the best technologies that the west has come up with are the product of government financing in some form, whether it be defense project spin-offs (like the Internet) or research done at public universities. It is absolutely irrelevant to the questions of either creativity or innovation.