中国自制笔尖

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Chuin-Wei Yap, China Protection Writ Large; President Xi defends globalization, but his policies favor state-run companies at home. Wall Street Journal, Jan 31, 2017.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wit ... c-policy-1485785256
("After a five-year effort, one Chinese company recently achieved a mission of national interest: helping develop the first fully Chinese ballpoint pen. What's not clear is whether it made economic sense")

Note:
(a) Write (past participle: written, also writ)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write
(phrase: "writ large:  on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner <the problems of modern totalitarianism are only our own problems writ large — The Times Literary Supplement (London)>" )
(b) "The stationery giant spearheading the nib mission, Beifa Group Ltd 贝发集团股份有限公司 [1004- ; based in 浙江省宁波市], defended the nib strategy as it began mass-producing the pen part this month despite signs that Japan can match the cost. * * * Beifa's research division took on the development of a key part of the ballpoint: the bullet-shaped, 2.3-millimeter-wide metal socket that feeds ink to the half-millimeter ball at its tip."
(c) "The ministry provided $8.7 million for the research, which Beifa undertook with state-owned Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group Co 太原钢铁(集团)有限公司, China's largest stainless-steel mill."