In the last post, we gossiped about some tidbits of information about Blinken’s visit to China. In this post, we will continue to gossip about the visit of Bill Gates, the former richest man in the world and the current boss Gates Foundation, to China.
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In addition to OpenAI’s ChatGPT being the news that has made Microsoft sound so powerful since last year, the earlier news I heard about Gates was during the covid, surprisingly, the conspiracy theory that Gates was going to control humans through vaccination and chips.
I studied communication technology as an undergraduate and was amused by such low IQ rumors.
It was also baffling and helpless to see Gates come out and clarify it later.
Back to the title, let’s talk about a few gossips and tidbits of information about Gates’ visit to China.
Why did Gates, Musk, and other big names in the tech world visit China?
As an entrepreneur, you need stable, hard-working, skilled and professional human resources with the best overall cost performance to carry out production activities.
This is why some big companies have relocated their production lines to India, where labor costs are much lower, only to backtrack. Example:
Apple’s manufacturing shift to India hits stumbling blocks
Apple’s Failed Manufacturing in India: Plans to Return to China
Significantly the larger the enterprise, the more multinational enterprises, the more they need such space, premises, human resources and other development conditions. As of now, China has the conditions and resources that are still difficult to be replaced in some areas by other countries.
In addition, a stable political and social environment is also something that entrepreneurs who throw money around need to think carefully and decide carefully.
Why did Gates receive the highest level of hospitality (Chairman of China)?
The great Chinese Mao Zedong once said, “Make your friends many and your enemies few”.
In a large multinational organization or alliance, there are different positions and attitudes within the alliance on the same matter for various reasons; in a small or medium-sized company or a large family, there are also different factions and positions. This is what the Chinese call “有人的地方就有江湖” means “In any society, people are bound to have difference of opinions and interests.”
Therefore, American multinational entrepreneurs in different fields will have different attitudes toward China. Some need to cooperate, some want to develop, and some value competition ……
And what China needs to do is to unite as many organizations as possible to seek equal and mutually supportive common development.
The influence of Gates and the Gates Foundation in the U.S. and global technology sector needs no introduction. China’s official leaders are taking a practical step to express their welcoming attitude toward technology entrepreneurs and the importance of open cooperation/development. It is also hoped that the influence of Gates in the global technology community will send a positive signal from the Chinese government to more entrepreneurs who are subjectively hesitant and objectively apprehensive.
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