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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
that was kind of my point, to me all this China is terrible schtick is just because they aint white, we were all fine with the US being utter ######bags to all and sundry in Latin America or the like
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In my experience, the pilfering of IP by the Chinese has been going on for at least the past 30+ years. In 1986, while doing some geology in Indonesia, I witnessed it.
While the average income, at the time for the working poor in Indonesia, was about $1.00 US, a couple of young chinese lads set up a small computer business and were selling copied software manuals for $5.00. each.
Just prior to leaving Calgary, I had purchased a specially made computer for about $9.000. dollars. The various items of software went for around +/- $600. with the manuals alone costing about $300. each.
In looking back, I am not surprised by the present looming security threat by China.