Ever since the Opium Wars, the Chinese have been searching for ways to make China strong. There have been many suggestions, some say democracy is the path to greatness, and others say education, or culture, and so on and so forth.
Some argue that all of the above suggestions are mistaken and believe in "Saving a country through knowing to make stuff". That is, if there are things other countries can build, we should also learn to how to build them, and should start building them. If others know how to build jetliners, we should also know how to build jetliners. …
