Shame on the producers at NOVA. We can all agree that the PRC is a technological force to be reckoned with globally. But to explain and, in fact, highlight their successes with such admiration and not spend much more broadcast time also highlighting the dark side is shameful.
The PRC is speeding along the technological arc by using slavery to keep labor cost low. They are a world leader in technology espionage stealing what they cannot or do not wish to buy. They are using technology to become a major global political bully. And lastly for this post today, the PRC uses technology to deny their citizens basic freedoms essentially guaranteeing the eternal existence of their authoritarian, dictatorial governmental system and its leadership.
PBS has always been a broadcasting beacon for human rights. To wrap a halo around the PRCs technological achievements and not, in the same breath, message the dark side of every single one of these accomplishments is a disgrace.
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