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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 03 2015, @09:57PM
no minimum wage, so everyone was motivated to succeed rather than only those that didn't feel cheated by a wage hike driven by politics rather than actual talent
if the united states eliminated the minimum wage, it might see a boost in workforce ambition also, but your government is 'too big to fail' now so never gunna happen
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 03 2015, @10:20PM
Huh! Don't delude yourself. I grew nearby, under a "communist" regime: everybody was getting their apartment for free when they'd establish a family (on waiting lists, granted). And extra social support for newborn kids. And free public health and education.
Yes, all of the above of a rather shitty quality (except the education), but the motivation for technical progress was never "because... oh no... no minimum wage!? How am I going to survive?".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @02:57AM
it's not about money. it's about fairness
dipshit
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @03:35AM
(oh, I see, a principled AC... so deep into the principles that s/he's blind to the realities of the former USSR - where either you complied and give to the state everything you own and the state gives you back enough to survive; or you didn't comply and the state sends you to Siberia).
What does it mean fair?