Quote from: iv4n on May 05, 2021, 01:11:17 PM

Quote from: Betwrong on May 03, 2021, 11:43:29 AM

Quote from: geegaw on April 28, 2021, 02:49:43 PM

~I do not agree with your point of view, although the countries have mutual economic support through the export and import process but this process did not create too much development, the development came from competition, look at the crypto market, you can also see this process, most countries have specific products and cannot be copied by that country.

A healthy competition isn't going anywhere, and you are right, it helps economic development. I was rather talking about the unhealthy one, when one country(or a block of countries) desires to be ahead no matter what. If they can't grow economically, they are rooting for their adversaries to decline. This type of "competition" ended not so long ago, but fortunately for ever.

Quote from: geegaw on April 28, 2021, 02:49:43 PM

Moreover, the US is a fairly strong country in the military, the weapons are a very expensive brand and the US is very developed in this field, China is always difficult to surpass the US with current technology.

Absolutely agree with you on this one. Overall, any governmental propaganda telling their citizens they have better armed forces than the U.S. are just lying.

The military is military, but economically I think the Chinese are winning! It's because of their crazy products! So I visit Chinese stores and I buy crazy toys for my kid, for 1-2 euros, and you can choose! And few times I was amazed by some of their simple products, just plastic, and it's shit, and it's just a euro or two... so we can buy them all the time!

I am not sure about the healthy competition here, because there are too many Chinese, with many resources... but what they are doing in the last 20 years is paying off for them, they are everywhere, and a lot of money is in circulation, we probably can't imagine what is coming in and out from China!

This is just my point of view... I didn't/don't have access to many (if any?) products from the US, and maybe they are more expensive than Chinese, and I don't look/hear about them a lot, so I can't be objective here as some others can!

Apart from Tabasco hot sauce and Jack Daniel's whiskey, which I'm sure are presented in your country too, I don't see many products "made in U.S.A." in my country either, while "made in China" are practically everywhere. That's because Chinese products are offering an amazing price/quality ratio. But, speaking of competition, since the Chinese economy is extremely export dependent, prosperity of other nations is essential for its growth. Imo, it's not much of a competition when you are interested in the prosperity of your rivals.