Thanks for the link Kristoffer!
via WantChinaTimes.
China is Frankenstien. Its a monster that we created.
via WantChinaTimes.
American and British defense technology companies are refusing to receive Chinese customers at international defense shows as a way to deter copycats, according to the Canada-based Kanwa Defense Review and the Global Times, a tabloid published under the auspices of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.Seems like greed sent these companies to China and greed will lead them out. Once General Electric and Pratt and Whitney finish teaching the Chinese how to build modern engines they won't need anything more from us anyway.
Kanwa said that China's defense industry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years since the International Aviation and Space Show in Moscow in 1992. The attitude of Chinese representatives at international defense fairs has also changed significantly since 2000.
In the 1990s, Chinese representatives were known for wearing cheap suits with a sweater, avoiding reporters or giving ambiguous answers to their questions. Their behavior did nothing to attract buyers but actually turned them away.
However, as more Chinese defense companies entered the international market from 2000, these representatives began to wear better suits, which are often more expensive than their counterparts from other countries. They began to greet reporters politely, while still maintaining their distance.
The number of representatives has also increased significantly. Members of the Chinese military and technicians from private companies often swarm around the products of US and British companies displayed at international defense fairs. US military equipment is their focus, Kanwa said, adding that Chinese representatives take photographs and videos, which are then studied.
The French military began implementing measures to block these representatives since the Paris Air Show in 2006, where key parts of French military equipment was covered and sealed, and Chinese representatives were not allowed to get a closer look. US exhibitors reportedly said that they will also refuse to accept Chinese buyers.
The changes have made it increasingly difficult for reporters to cover western military defense systems. Since 2008, US representatives no longer provide detailed information or files regarding to their weapons' sizes and functions during the fairs.
Meanwhile, British and US defense companies have stopped providing printed documents, assigning experts to introduce their products instead. They claim the measure was implemented to save paper, but really it is to prevent people from copying their weapons, the Global Times said.
Aside from China, representatives from South Korea and Turkey and other emerging military powers have also begun to participate in the international defense shows, the paper said.
China is Frankenstien. Its a monster that we created.
All they have to do is pay some non-Chinese to front for them.
ReplyDeleteThe true solution is not to do business with these guys (which no one is prepared to do), since they require technology transfers to do business, and do not respect intellectual property.
The horse has already left the barn. What the hell good is it if they already have the data hacked and downloaded from the contractors?
ReplyDeleteIt isn't just the defense sector, it's the American manufacturing sector. We've been told for decades that cheap Chinese-made goods will mean cheaper prices for consumers. What they neglected to mention is that it meant the dismantling of thousands of factories in the US and those jobs being offshored.
Manufacturing sector WAS the foundation of the middle-class in this country. We dismantled it and turned it into a credit-driven, consumerist, service sector economy in order to get $200 TVs and $20 shirts.