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If you follow the hacking over the last few years in relation to China, a clear pattern emerges: China wants United States IP. It's about time someone started taking that threat seriously in the US.


Good luck with that. The British didn't manage to keep the Germans from getting their technology in the 19th century.


You may notice that Israel has stolen more intellectual property worldwide than China.

But bashing China is fashionable.


How much more IP has Israel stolen than China?


Israel doesn't have a habit of threatening US interests. Israel didn't attempt to shoot down our aircraft and hold our aircrews hostage. Israel isn't threatening Taiwan, propping up North Korean dictators or funneling weapons to Darfur. Israel is actually a partner in security as opposed to an opponent. Israel isn't manipulating currency or holding world financial markets hostage. I guess Israel bashing is fashionable. By the way, you have no evidence that Israel has stolen more IP than China -- that's just a nonsensical claim.


"Israel didn't attempt to shoot down our aircraft and hold our aircrews hostage."

But they did attack US Navy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

"Israel isn't threatening Taiwan"

But they do threaten and attacked their neighbours. By the same token, China is not threatening Syria.

"propping up North Korean dictators or funneling weapons to Darfur"

Israel is one of the biggest arms dealers in the world, and a lot of those weapons go to the hands of various dictators, e.g. in Africa.


I say it's at least 2 years too late. China has taken the Military and Industrial tech it needed to get up to speed and is now innovating without us.


I don't understand why this is bad. Don't you want China to innovate on their own?


I don't because I am not chinese and will not share in the wealth of such enterprising behaviour. You can never become a chinese citizen unless you are born there. Never.


>I don't because I am not chinese and will not share in the wealth of such enterprising behaviour.

So you want them to remain poor and primitive just because you can't cash in on their success? That's... not very nice.


Life is cruel. You have one piece of toilet paper. Will you use it for yourself or give to a stranger?


Except it isn't and we have more than one piece of toilet paper. China innovating doesn't hurt you. In fact it could help just like collaborating with the Russians helped our space program in the past.


The resources of the world are finite (as is it's energy allowance), so i'm afraid that toilet paper supply is indeed limited. You're about to see this in a very real way as food prices dramatically increase in the following years.


Perhaps, but the best way to deal with it would to work together. Not wasting resources fighting each other.




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