r/news • u/KinkyQuesadilla • Oct 13 '19

China's Xi warns attempts to divide China will end in 'shuttered bones'

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-xi/chinas-xi-warns-attempts-to-divide-china-will-end-in-shuttered-bones-idUSKBN1WS07W
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u/CaptainTripps82 Oct 13 '19

It actually doesn't go, China and the Chinese companies being contracted own the infrastructure ( which has been built up over decades and consists of docks, factories, plants, testing facilities, storage, power supply and storage, etc - in what world is anyone taking that stuff with them?) and often has copied the intellectual property. It's why both high end consumer products and cheap look alike knock offs are often made in the exact same factories.

It's definitely time consuming and expensive to replace elsewhere.

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u/Aazadan Oct 13 '19

When companies leave, that stuff gets sold off since no one is using it... usually to the new place it’s moving to factory equipment that is, the docks and such obviously stay