I just learned that Tesla in China does not have a local partner. Which surprised me.

Was Tesla an exception? Are there others?

Regardless, I'm absolutely certain that China is exfiltrating every morsel of IP. As state policy. It's what they do.

The only interesting wrinkle to me is that Elon Musk is probably okay with the knowledge transfer. A man on a mission. Whatever it takes to get humanity carbon neutral asap.

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I'm fine with developing economies doing their thing. The notion was to nurture the BRICS countries, allow them to mature, not crush them in their cribs.

No one can argue today that China remains a developing economy. We're past time for realpolitik.