just a little family planning for the greater good...
the fact that this is going on today should scare the f**k out of people
the current chinese government is guilty of genocide
The US government has been guilty of the same in the past. The European expansion on the North American continent was accompanied by (arguably) the greatest genocide in recorded history.
China's foreign ministry said on Saturday the United States needed to stop the "unreasonable suppression" of Chinese companies like Huawei, and a Chinese newspaper said the government was ready to retaliate against Washington.
The Trump administration on Friday moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment company Huawei Technologies, spurring fears of Chinese retaliation and hammering shares of US producers of chipmaking equipment.
The Washington Post has a fascinating story about how in China research is being done that could result in an enormous technological leap ahead of the United States.
The research means that âhacking-resistant communications networksâ are being built across China, sensors are being designed âto see through smog and around corners,â and prototypes are being build of âcomputers that may someday smash the computational power of any existing machine.
âAll the gear is based on quantum technology â an emerging field that could transform information processing and confer big economic and national-security advantages to countries that dominate it. To the dismay of some scientists and officials in the United States, Chinaâs formidable investment is helping it catch up with Western research in the field and, in a few areas, pull ahead ⦠Beijing is pouring billions into research and development and is offering Chinese scientists big perks to return home from Western labs. Chinaâs drive has sparked calls for more R&D funding in the United States.â
The story defines quantum technology as seeking âto harness the distinct properties of atoms, photons and electrons to build more powerful tools for processing information.â
The Post writes that âlast year, China had nearly twice as many patent filings as the United States for quantum technology overall, a category that includes communications and cryptology devices, according to market research firm Patinformatics. The United States, though, leads the world in patents relating to the most prized segment of the field â quantum computers â thanks to heavy investment by IBM, Google, Microsoft and others.â
In a recent report from the Center for a New American Security, it was said that âthe United States must be prepared for a future in which its traditional technological predominance faces new, perhaps unprecedented challenges.â
It is an Eye Opening piece (and you can read the story in its entirety here). Quantum technology is way, way, way above my pay grade, but it seems to me that this story has a lot of implications that have nothing to do with technology.
China is building a digital dictatorship to exert control over its 1.4 billion citizens. For some, “social credit” will bring privileges — for others, punishment.
What may sound like a dystopian vision of the future is already happening in China. And it’s making and breaking lives.
The Communist Party calls it “social credit” and says it will be fully operational by 2020.
Within years, an official Party outline claims, it will “allow the trustworthy to roam freely under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step”.
I used to have a Huawei cell phone, back when you could replace batteries. I bought a battery on line and when I put it in, it started updating software. Hmm.
Yeah, Apple doesn't have a monopoly on software trickery... c.
Worse, Huawei is a huge manufacturer that makes tons of simpler devices, wireless or Bluetooth enabled, that could easily be used to collect information (read: spy) on anyone, anywhere. All those cool smart-home gadgets, where do you think they come from? I doubt the Chinese government cares what kind of mayonnaise I prefer, but it's no stretch to think they could collect sensitive, even classified, information.
I used to have a Huawei cell phone, back when you could replace batteries. I bought a battery on line and when I put it in, it started updating software. Hmm.
Worse, Huawei is a huge manufacturer that makes tons of simpler devices, wireless or Bluetooth enabled, that could easily be used to collect information (read: spy) on anyone, anywhere. All those cool smart-home gadgets, where do you think they come from? I doubt the Chinese government cares what kind of mayonnaise I prefer, but it's no stretch to think they could collect sensitive, even classified, information.
"An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Rizhao, Shandong province, China, on July 16, 2015. According to Xinhua News Agency, a fire broke out after the explosion, which was caused by a liquefied hydrocarbon leak at the plant, on Thursday morning."
Those evil bastids are everywhere!Geez Pops,what did you do?
"An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Rizhao, Shandong province, China, on July 16, 2015. According to Xinhua News Agency, a fire broke out after the explosion, which was caused by a liquefied hydrocarbon leak at the plant, on Thursday morning."
