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There is a difference between PRC specifically sending agents to the US to steal specific technologies, and a random group of Chinese nationals deciding to take
by pyre 11y ago
There is a difference between PRC specifically sending agents to the US to steal specific technologies, and a random group of Chinese nationals deciding to take US tech back home and profit off of it.
- jsmthrowaway 11y agoYou're implying that you can discern the difference.
- derefr 11y agoNo, the reverse; the implication is that, since you can't tell the difference, you should be charitable and assume it's just some random people with a coincidental feature of X, rather than an X-ist conspiriacy. A lack of this kind of charity is what creates ideas like "the jews control the banks" or "the gay agenda."
- azakai 11y agoIndeed, and furthermore, because of the sheer size of the population of China, it shouldn't surprise us to see stories about this that involve Chinese nationals. It's not surprising there are lots of great people but also less-great ones as well; it's a big country! To actually suggest that there is some "organized Chinese conspiracy" thing happening, someone would need to show that this happens more often than statistically expected.