Did anyone watch The National last night? There was a brief story on about an announcement made by the gov't to the effect that we've had enough of China blatently stealing our technologies and research and that we're gonna be addressing this problem in what I gather will be a much more assertive manner than we have been currently.
Now, I'm not all that up on this stuff, but this whole story really surprised me. First of all, apparently it's been well known that China's been having a free for all with our goodies for quite some time now. It's news to me, but that's not saying much, since this stuff tends to fly right past me unnoticed anyway... but still.... How come we've been letting them get away with this? The example they used was the Blackberry - that the technology is Canadian and has been pirated and is now being reproduced in China under the name of the Redberry. Apparently only one of many many instances, and it's been going on for years!?
Second of all, when was the last time we took anything resembling an aggressive or even strongly assertive stance with a country like China? 8O
Can anyone shed a little more light on this for me?
Now, I'm not all that up on this stuff, but this whole story really surprised me. First of all, apparently it's been well known that China's been having a free for all with our goodies for quite some time now. It's news to me, but that's not saying much, since this stuff tends to fly right past me unnoticed anyway... but still.... How come we've been letting them get away with this? The example they used was the Blackberry - that the technology is Canadian and has been pirated and is now being reproduced in China under the name of the Redberry. Apparently only one of many many instances, and it's been going on for years!?
Second of all, when was the last time we took anything resembling an aggressive or even strongly assertive stance with a country like China? 8O
Can anyone shed a little more light on this for me?