• Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Mobile phones and telecoms from China has done lot to increase the income of the most impoverished people of the world. I remember a study from last year or two on this exact phenomenon, showing a clear correlation between introduction of Chinese telecoms to rural areas in the global south and real wage increase.

    • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      even just replacement parts for other stuff made in china is already an improvement to people’s lives. Things that i used to buy for hundreds of USD i can now get from chinese manufacturers for fractions of the cost, leaving me with more money on the wallet to use on other stuff. Heck the other day i had to replace an alternator for a tractor, i got a chinese one for $150, and it works better than the Made in Europe expensive crap that came with the tractor lol.