IBM Venture With China Stirs Concerns - NYTimes.com:
The counter factual is of course, that the technology is not that advanced that the Japanese in the past or the Chinese in the future would not have caught up anyway:
"Clyde V. Prestowitz, a senior Commerce Department official in the Reagan administration, said IBM’s approach to China is reminiscent of what the company did in Japan decades ago. He said tech transfers to Japanese companies helped them catch up to the United States."
The counter factual is of course, that the technology is not that advanced that the Japanese in the past or the Chinese in the future would not have caught up anyway:
"Clyde V. Prestowitz, a senior Commerce Department official in the Reagan administration, said IBM’s approach to China is reminiscent of what the company did in Japan decades ago. He said tech transfers to Japanese companies helped them catch up to the United States."
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