Chinese hi-tech researchers ‘told not to travel to US unless it’s essential’
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#2It's like a cold war on technology advancement here... wait. that's just the cold war, except this time more politics, fewer submarines.
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#4It's like a cold war on technology advancement here... wait. that's just the cold war, except this time more politics, fewer submarines.
Kind of opposite of the Cold War, where despite (geo)political differences, we tried to cooperate in the sciences, where possible/prudent...
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#5It's like a cold war on technology advancement here... wait. that's just the cold war, except this time more politics, fewer submarines.
Kind of opposite of the Cold War, where despite (geo)political differences, we tried to cooperate in the sciences, where possible/prudent...
And unlike the Cold War, both sides' economies are completely tied to trade with the other.
Before anyone feels too complacent about that fact - trade doesn't have a great track record of preventing actual wars. WWI was considered unthinkable, because of how tightly the two sides were entangled in trade.
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#6It's essential. From my reading of the news it seems the Chinese want access to US universities, tech and financial service companies for a variety of reasons. I'd imagine that access to these resources is impossible without coming to the US.
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#7"researchers"
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#8Because they are likely working for institutions that are committing IP theft, in this case it's better to keep them honest, they don't have a culture that respects the rules and customs of other cultures (common law, contract law).
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#9"researchers"
"scare quotes"
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#10Because they are likely working for institutions that are committing IP theft, in this case it's better to keep them honest, they don't have a culture that respects the rules and customs of other cultures (common law, contract law).
Which is also what the U.S. did for its first century or so.
A lot of us think U.S. IP law has seriously overextended itself these days. I'm not sure I entirely blame China for not going along with it.