Shear Force

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Shear Force offers deep analysis of Chinaโ€™s industrial policy and manufacturing architecture and explores the structural prerequisites for a plausible American reindustrialization.

About Lesley Gao

Writing about manufacturing, industrial ai and China. Building in stealth to reindustrialize America.

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