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I am pretty sure China doesn't have a restriction on laser pointers. There are laser pointers up to 1W for sale on taobao.com
by whisk 7y ago
I am pretty sure China doesn't have a restriction on laser pointers. There are laser pointers up to 1W for sale on taobao.com
- greesil 7y agoI seem to remember some dodgy street vendors in Sanlitun hawking these things.
- codeswap 7y agoThis is in HK. A city in China but in an autonomous region. Communist China has different laws.
- tlrobinson 7y agoAnd in case it’s not obvious, they’re incredibly dangerous to eyesight. They’ll literally blind you before you can blink.
- computerfriend 7y agoIt really depends on the power. The lasers the protesters use wouldn't blind you due to the blink reflex. If what you're saying was true, hundreds of police officers would be blind right now.
- tlrobinson 7y agoI was referring to the 1W lasers the parent commenter mentioned, but yes of course. A volunteer at Burning Man was blinded in one eye a few years ago: https://journal.burningman.org/2015/03/black-rock-city/tales-from-the-playa/theres-a-black-dot-in-the-middle-of-everything-i-see/ https://journal.burningman.org/2015/03/black-rock-city/tales...
- k_sze 7y agoJust because they are on Taobao doesn't mean they are not against the law. From my own observations, law enforcement in Mainland China is mostly reactive when it comes to product safely. They don't enforce a law unless something becomes an actual, big enough problem - especially if it threatens (the image of) the people in power.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoChina doesn’t have strong rule of law, so the law might exist but just being ignored until convenient to enforce.