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Those Who Make. Everything You Think You Know About China Is Wrong - By Minxin Pei. For the last 40 years, Americans have lagged in recognizing the declining fortunes of their foreign rivals.

Everything You Think You Know About China Is Wrong - By Minxin Pei

In the 1970s they thought the Soviet Union was 10 feet tall -- ascendant even though corruption and inefficiency were destroying the vital organs of a decaying communist regime. In the late 1980s, they feared that Japan was going to economically overtake the United States, yet the crony capitalism, speculative madness, and political corruption evident throughout the 1980s led to the collapse of the Japanese economy in 1991. An Historical Timeline of Computer Graphics and Animation. Smart TVs Fail To Score With Consumers In U.S. And Other Western Markets: GfK.

Here’s one reason why Apple may not be producing a television with its name blazoned on it in the near term: it doesn’t look like people have, so far, shown that much interested in them yet.

Smart TVs Fail To Score With Consumers In U.S. And Other Western Markets: GfK

According to a new report out from consumer researchers GfK, connected TV televisions are faring much better in markets like China, Brazil and India compared to the U.S., UK and other developed markets — with China commanding the highest usage at 44% and the UK and U.S. leading more advanced markets with just 11% penetration. GfK puts it down to consumers in the latter category stuck in an “analog” mindset — although consumers in the latter markets are also big users of other ways of getting the same experience without forking out for a pricey connected TV set. On top of set-top boxes from pay-TV providers, there are consoles like the Xbox, Roku, and PlayStation that also provide on-demand and connected services to users through their TV sets.