Shear Force
by Lesley Gaoin 💼 Business
Shear Force
About the Substack
Shear Force offers deep analysis of China’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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