Study Says Bush Policy on Tech Exports to China Threatens National Security – VOA News

From VOA News:

A Washington-based research group says a new U.S. policy on technology exports to China should be suspended because it threatens national security.

The policy makes it easier for Chinese firms to receive such technology if the U.S. government says they are trusted to use it for civilian and not military purposes. But the report says two firms benefitting from the policy have ties to the Chinese military, which could use the technology to modernize…..[Full Text]

[Image: China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers line up during rehearsal on eve of parade to be staged in run-up to 10th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese rule, via VOA]

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