self-reliance
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"We don't rely on the US market," says Lucia Chen, who sells electric cars for Sahiyoo, a firm in Chongqing, which is a key city in this push for self-reliance.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Amid all the spending on technological self-reliance, China’s government has so far held back on large-scale economic stimulus that could help get people to spend more.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Prior to her speech, Takaichi said "Vietnam highlights strategic self-reliance with a positive and active external foreign policy".
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
While the war will strengthen Beijing's ongoing push towards self-reliance, China is not really winning in this scenario, says Yu Jie from London-based think tank Chatham House.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
My education may have made it inevitable that I would become a citizen of the secular city, but I have come to embrace the city’s values: social mobility; pluralism; egalitarianism; self-reliance.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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