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refurb • today at 9:38 AM • 0 replies • view on HN

> Name a single technology where the US sold to China and China remained reliant on the US long term for it in recent times.

Sure - jet engines. China still can't replicate the material for turbine blade and has to buy them from other countries.

They've had decades from the first aircraft sales to do the R&D to make their own blades. They've failed so far.