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“historians believe that the telescope ranks as perhaps the most seditious instrument ever introduced in the history of science because it challenged the powers that be and forever altered our relationship with the world around us.”
― Michio Kaku, Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

“Apple, which sells twice as many iPhones in China as it does in the US, earns more than $100 million in China every day.”
― Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

“There are three prominent features of the Chinese state. The first is its power: it has the resources and administrative skill to mobilize rapid collective action in service of the nation’s goals. The second is its structure of political centralization paired with economic decentralization, which makes room for creative local business activity under central guidance. The third feature is its adaptability. It can adapt to the changing circumstances rapidly and flexibly, dialing back policy measures if they have gone too far and shifting between priorities when the situation warrants it.”
― Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

“In the twenty-first century, one state is in the process of dominating the export and consumption of rare metals. That state is China.”
― Guillaume Pitron, The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies