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> And the western world has been incredibly naive and uncoordinated when it comes to dealing with China. Some of us were paying attention in the '90s and we're
by eternalban 7y ago
> And the western world has been incredibly naive and uncoordinated when it comes to dealing with China.
Some of us were paying attention in the '90s and we're still paying attention.
Here are some interesting items to review:
1 - McDonnell Douglas (yep the same gang that ruined Boeing):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/29/business/mcdonnell-douglas-in-1-billion-chinese-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/29/business/mcdonnell-dougla...
2 - "Pentagon Blessing"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB832727883654550000 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB832727883654550000
3 - https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/20/us/us-indicts-mcdonnell-douglas-and-chinese-in-equipment-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/20/us/us-indicts-mcdonnell-d...
4 - https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/how-bill-clinton-and-american-financiers https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/how-bill-clinton-and-amer...
5 - https://www.military.com/defensetech/2013/12/24/report-israel-passes-u-s-military-technology-to-china https://www.military.com/defensetech/2013/12/24/report-israe...
6 - https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-tech-transfer-is-key-to-stronger-china-israel-ties/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-tech-transfe...
"naive and uncoordinated"
It has always seemed rather coordinated to this observer. No comment regarding "naive".
"We've all accepted the incredibly one-sided deal"
Who is this "We"? Did we take a vote on this? This was decided on high up per some undisclosed calculus like everything else substantial while the corporate media beguiles "Us" with peripheral, low brow, histrionics.
- tpmx 7y agoUpvoted. (And yeah, I feel like I have been personally aware at least during the past ten years or so. Things move slowly.)