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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: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday August 03 2015, @10:06PM
I don't advocate for anything, just pointed out that other solutions for "technical dominant countries" existed and still exists. Each one with its own pitfalls and advantages.
If you set forward the idea that "private initiative for technical dominance is the best approach for a nation", then I'll ask you to demonstrate.
Mind you, private initiative and "national interest, including technical dominance on a country base" are diverging lately, if not already at conflict - globalisation and whatnot. So thread carefully in your argumentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford