Day 1,874: deride, shoddy, knack, coddle

Domestic rivalries mean that Chinese firms, once derided for turning out shoddy copycat products, have mastered the knack of producing goods for low-income consumers in a way that Western companies never did. Chinese firms are now at the cutting-edge of evs and batteries, precisely the sorts of industries rich-world governments coddle at home.

Chinese companies are winning the global south

Artwork of the day 
Job Derided by His Wife
Stefan_Lochner
Date: c.1450
Style: International Gothic
Genre: miniature

Word of the day 
deride: to laugh at or show no respect for someone or something, because you think they are stupid or of no value:
shoddy: badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials:
knack: a skill or an ability to do something easily and well:
coddle: to cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling temperature: to protect someone or something too much:

Quote of the day
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”

― Winston S. Churchill