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China Files Case Against Intel's Wireless Network

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-thru-the-money dept.

Krishna Dagli writes "China has launched a case against American chipmaker Intel's near-monopoly on encryption standards for wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment, state press reported Monday."

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  1. Chinese Hypocrisy by reporter · · Score: 5, Interesting
    This legal action that Beijing has taken against Intel is not the first instance of Chinese hypocrisy.

    Consider the princelings of China. They and their parents are members of the Chinese communist party. These princelings live, for long stretches, in the West and enjoy its freedoms and prosperity. Yet, the parents of the princelings fully support and enforce the draconian Chinese "laws" that crush human rights in China.

    I have personally met some of these princelings.

    Do they realize their hypocrisy? Yes. Do they care? No.

    Here is another, more damning, example. In 2001 in Northern California, the Chinese consulate in San Francisco sponsored an anti-Falun-Gong meeting conducted in Santa Clara, California. Chinese students from San Jose State University, Stanford University, and other neighboring universities, attended the meeting. The Chinese student associations at the respective universities fully supported the anti-Falun-Gong meeting.

    These Chinese students enjoy the freedom and prosperity in the West but, actually, support the draconian Chinese "laws" that crush human rights in China.

    Do they realize their hypocrisy? Yes. Do they care? No.

    By now, you should realize that the authoritarian government in China exists for one reason: the majority of Chinese either support the authoritarian government or are indifferent to it.