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Russian made are not any better than the chinese made, take the fighter aircraft, civilian aircraft, and the funny lada cars , all are considered third grade junks in europe. well what can russia manufacture these days anyway ? apart from blackmailing people with oil and gas.
Russia now lags far far behind other european counterparts especially those in the West, and potentially china as well.
China does copy alot but on the other hand, the number of patent application from china has the fastest growth in the world at the moment from 40-50 % and the number of application now stands 7th in the world in 2007. Russia lags far far behind in this aspect. Technology R&D is virtually stagnant in russia. Education investment is amongst the lowest in the world, way lower than china's. A single Chinese technology company, Huawei filed way way more patents than the entire russia put together.
Note : everything said here is based on facts, statistics and figures, not imagination, thus if you wish to see the sources, don't hesitate to ask.
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ok people already lost faith or are losing faith in the tag "made in china" but do they have the courage to buy "made in russia" ?
ehem Russian made are not any better than the chinese made, take the fighter aircraft, civilian aircraft, and the funny lada cars , all are considered third grade junks in europe. well what can russia manufacture these days anyway ? apart from blackmailing people with oil and gas. Russia now lags far far behind other european counterparts especially those in the West, and potentially china as well. China does copy alot but on the other hand, the number of patent application from china has the fastest growth in the world at the moment from 40-50 % and the number of application now stands 7th in the world in 2007. Russia lags far far behind in this aspect. Technology R&D is virtually stagnant in russia. Education investment is amongst the lowest in the world, way lower than china's. A single Chinese technology company, Huawei filed way way more patents than the entire russia put together. Note : everything said here is based on facts, statistics and figures, not imagination, thus if you wish to see the sources, don't hesitate to ask.