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An iconic aircraft used as an example of rapid American innovation and manufacturing, going from idea to passenger flight in three years.
Used as a historical example of America's past ability to build massive infrastructure projects quickly, having been built in just four years.
The event where Yan Stramic is presenting the California Forever project.
The country in Eastern Europe where Yan Stramic was born in 1987, two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The historical ideal of California as a place of opportunity and innovation, which Yan Stramic found to be tarnished by modern problems like homelessness and lack of infrastructure upon his arrival.
Described as a self-inflicted problem in California, encompassing the lack of new housing, office space, factories, and infrastructure, which California Forever aims to solve.
The largest shipyard in the United States, used as a scale comparison to demonstrate the massive potential of the waterfront land owned by California Forever.
A single shipyard in China that is used as an example of China's immense shipbuilding capacity, which surpasses the entire collective output of the U.S. since WWII.
The western seaboard of the United States, identified as a strategically critical location for new shipyards to support naval operations in the Pacific.
The ruling party of China that heavily subsidizes its shipbuilding and manufacturing industries.
The planned largest advanced manufacturing park in America, a core component of the California Forever project, designed to co-locate R&D and production for Silicon Valley companies.