How Science Fiction Explains the U.S.-China Trade War
Odd Lots
Bloomberg
4.4 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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It's no secret that a lot of the trade tensions between the U.S. and China have centered on technology, and China has accused the U.S. of trying to stymie its economic development by suppressing its technological advancement. This week's Odd Lots guest argues that, while there are few historical precedents for this sort of technological suppression, there are a lot of them in science fiction. Laban Yu, head of Hong Kong and China research at Jefferies, walks us through the surprising overlap between sci-fi and the trade war.
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| 0:49.0 | Joe, do you like science fiction? |
| 0:52.0 | You know, it's one of those things where I like it more in theory than in practice and by that I mean I like the what does that mean? |
| 1:00.0 | By that I mean I like the idea of being into science fiction, and I try to get into it every once in a while, |
| 1:06.0 | and then I forget about it, and I'm like, oh, I should read more science fiction, |
| 1:10.0 | and it never seems to happen. |
| 1:12.0 | Does that make sense? |
| 1:14.0 | You know most people don't like the idea of being into science fiction |
| 1:18.0 | but secretly actually like it and read or watch a lot of science fiction. |
| 1:22.0 | Yeah, I didn't know that. You're the opposite. Oh, is that because it's like... and read or watch a lot of science fiction. |
| 1:22.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.6 | You're the opposite. |
| 1:24.6 | Oh, is that because it's like, seeing this like dorky or geeky or something like that or? |
| 1:28.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.2 | No, like, every once in a while I try but then I just like forget. |
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