self-reliance
noun
self-re·li·ance
ˌself-ri-ˈlī-ənts 
: reliance on one's own efforts and abilities
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As China doubles down on economic self-reliance and phases out imports of industrial goods from the West, the United States needs to recruit a coalition of friendly partners to deepen mutual trade.
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Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
The Chinese government’s drive for control and self-reliance has intensified in recent years, but the long-term pattern is consistent: Beijing has always clogged free markets to protect its political interests and promote its own corporate champions.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024
The cooperative facilitated crop-sharing, self-reliance and financial independence.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The irony is that China’s current export boom comes as both Beijing and Washington are promoting greater self-reliance.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
The emphasis on self-reliance in science and technology comes after the United States tightened control over the export of cutting-edge technologies to China, especially in the field of AI, which Washington said could be used to strengthen the Chinese military.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Now the official messaging has shifted dramatically, highlighting the importance of self-reliance and family support.
—Isabelle Qian, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Though This Could Be Us is a woman's story about survival, self-reliance, self discovery (fueled in part by her reading of bell hooks' All About Love), and romantic love, Ryan does an excellent job drawing Soledad's undeniable yet highly inconvenient new love interest.
—Carole V. Bell, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
India, which is the world’s third largest military spender after the U.S. and China, has been trying to boost its self-reliance in defence manufacturing.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
The Chinese government’s drive for control and self-reliance has intensified in recent years, but the long-term pattern is consistent: Beijing has always clogged free markets to protect its political interests and promote its own corporate champions.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024
The cooperative facilitated crop-sharing, self-reliance and financial independence.
—Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The irony is that China’s current export boom comes as both Beijing and Washington are promoting greater self-reliance.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
The emphasis on self-reliance in science and technology comes after the United States tightened control over the export of cutting-edge technologies to China, especially in the field of AI, which Washington said could be used to strengthen the Chinese military.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Now the official messaging has shifted dramatically, highlighting the importance of self-reliance and family support.
—Isabelle Qian, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Though This Could Be Us is a woman's story about survival, self-reliance, self discovery (fueled in part by her reading of bell hooks' All About Love), and romantic love, Ryan does an excellent job drawing Soledad's undeniable yet highly inconvenient new love interest.
—Carole V. Bell, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
India, which is the world’s third largest military spender after the U.S. and China, has been trying to boost its self-reliance in defence manufacturing.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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