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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 17 Apr 2017

    China is beating the U.S. at innovation, and is expected to spend up to twice as much on critical R&D by 2018. http://usat.ly/2pJ8JI2 pic.twitter.com/oDwvDCS4vq

    8:15 AM - 17 Apr 2017
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      1. thockeyguy‏ @thockeyguy69 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        USA response: we need 20 more aircraft carriers, not solutions to house, feed or provide for our citizens....

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      1. S‏ @Sanpanda81 17 Apr 2017
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        & our pres is investin in coal.

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      2. Dennis Nelson‏ @DenisNelson5 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        @POTUS @realDonaldTrump what are you going to do about this? This is investing in America and if we don't invest in American R&D, we lose!

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      3. Bella‏ @Bella05746310 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @DenisNelson5 @USATODAY and

        GOP invests in themselves!

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      1. Billy Torres‏ @T1meWellWasted 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        America has been sold out by our elected officials!! End Term Limits!!

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      1. Bella‏ @Bella05746310 17 Apr 2017
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        Meanwhile in the USA Betty Devos is cutting spending in Education.

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      1. Litteratus‏ @Remverum 17 Apr 2017
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        @UN @FT @WSJ @RT_com @XHNews @USC OF COURSE 🇺🇸; PRISONS, HOMELESS, HUNGRY UNEDUCATED CHILDREN, ELDER ABUSE, ROTTING CITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE.

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      1. GMR‏ @GMRasp 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        And yet, name anything that China has invented in the past 100 years aside from mass murder on an epic scale. Anything?

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      1. Pat Bateman, MD‏ @realdonaldklump 17 Apr 2017
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        Shame @potus thinks renewable energy is bullshit. Only employs 750k Americans. China is going to eat our lunch on this.

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      1. Richard Thompson‏ @LittleKnoll23 17 Apr 2017
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        No surprise there. That's why Trimp elected

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      1. Athena Cruz‏ @kjfkugkujvj 17 Apr 2017
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        Manufacturing and Innovation go hand-in-hand. When we bring manufacturing back the number of patents will increase, too.

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      1. Deplorable Mikey‏ @r8alm1k3y 17 Apr 2017
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        You mean reverse engineering everyones tech from trade show? Careful of letting Chinese people in your factory Thieving crooks the lot em..

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      1. Bryan Aiello‏ @BryAiello 17 Apr 2017
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        how much does the USA out spend china on in FREEDOM?

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      1. The Freak‏ @thefreakman215 17 Apr 2017
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        "Critical R&D"... This is China, call it what it is: funding the theft of IP.

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      2. Richard Spoor‏ @Richard_Spoor 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Investing in R&D would be a really radical step for the Zuma government. But it's too much to hope for.

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      3. Mamokgethi Molopyane‏ @MolopyaneM 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Richard_Spoor @USATODAY

        Oh you of great faith. Unless R&D stands for Rands and Dollars... he ain't gon be interested 😝😜

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      1. Bella‏ @Bella05746310 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @MoojosDaddy @USATODAY

        Fox News watcher?

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      1. Justice for all. Just kidding.‏ @zdorenbos 17 Apr 2017
        Replying to @USATODAY

        It's a good thing we have a president who champions research and science, oh wait...

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