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Yeah, and the US government is highly critical of China's industrial espionage campaign.
by betterunix 13y ago
Yeah, and the US government is highly critical of China's industrial espionage campaign.
- tptacek 13y agoAnd Germany is highly critical of France's industrial espionage. And Korea is highly critical of Israel's industrial espionage. Wherever you look, if you're seeing a highly advanced economy, there's a web of industrial espionage connecting it to every other economy.
- betterunix 13y agoThat does not mean it is right -- at the very least it is extremely hypocritical for the US, which is aggressively pursuing stronger copyright/patent/trade secrets in various trade agreements.
- ItendToDisagree 13y agoBut is this espionage carried out specifically by the Governments of these nations by and large? Or by agents of companies which reside in these countries? I'm not aware in these cases to be honest. The point being that the difference between companies committing industrial espionage, and a government instituted policy of said behavior, seems vastly different.
- tptacek 13y agoYes, by the governments.
- ItendToDisagree 13y agoThat is pretty interesting and does not surprise me to be totally honest. It doesn't seem like something that any countries' public would likely think is a good thing (rather than a price of doing business/everybody does it so we should sort of deal). But then again, so many policies work in that fashion, it would be ridiculous to think this wouldn't be similar.
- SkyMarshal 13y agoThat doesn't mean China isn't correct. In fact, in terms of realpolitik they're obviously quite correct. Industrial/technological power = military power = security.