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self-reliance

[self-ri-lahy-uhns, self-] / ˈsɛlf rɪˈlaɪ əns, ˌsɛlf- /


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The momentum appears to be continuing into 2026, with China’s advances in AI, push for technological self-reliance and resilience in global trade buoying investor confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Our ancestors even wore it into battle. It represents Indigenous technology and self-reliance."

From Barron's

By focusing on magnets instead, one of the most widely used rare-earth products, India aims to achieve self-reliance more quickly.

From BBC

A homegrown tool like that was critical to ensuring Korea’s technological self-reliance in a world already dominated by U.S. and Chinese artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal

AI, tech self-reliance, improving earnings, Beijing’s policy support and more active Hong Kong listing and fundraising pipelines that keep liquidity and attention high have all boosted domestic stocks, she added.

From The Wall Street Journal