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posted by takyon on Monday August 03 2015, @05:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the powerful-controlled-computing dept.

In the name of national security, China is restricting export of certain drones and computers:

From August 15, manufacturers of certain powerful drones and computers will have to give technical details to the authorities to obtain a licence prior to export, Xinhua news agency says.

[...] In the first five months of 2015, China exported some 160,000 civilian drones, a jump of 70 per cent year-on-year, worth more than $120 million, the official China Daily newspaper reported in July.

[...] The tightening of regulations comes two weeks after an incident in disputed Kashmir in which the Pakistani army claimed to have shot down an Indian "spy drone", reportedly Chinese-made.

China is also likely tightening controls on exports of powerful computers as it looks to maintain its edge in the global supercomputer battle long dominated by US-Japanese rivalry.

Starting August 15th, drone and supercomputer manufacturers will have to present technical details to the authorities in order to get a license to export.

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  • (Score: 1) by chrysosphinx on Monday August 03 2015, @07:18PM

    by chrysosphinx (5262) on Monday August 03 2015, @07:18PM (#217516)

    This is not about market, this is about global strategy. I still remember a COCOM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoCom [wikipedia.org] export restrictions on mainframes and PC's. And yes, I did smuggling computers, some 30+ years ago.