This article made me chuckle. Living in Beijing for four years now, I've owned a DVD player for two. They've been on the market for as long as they've been in most other countries and became popular before the US market did. Previous to that, I owned a VCD player (be careful the miliatry apps for this device are so dangerous that the Chinese government is making sure it doesn't get produced on American soil, thus many of you American mainlanders may have never seen/heard of this secret Chinese technology)
I have no idea of the potential 'military applications' for the PS2's, but at minimum Sony has other problems to worry about than this. Once they start producing in Southern China, you can bet the black market versions of the PS2 will be spread throughout the major cities on the mainland in short order.
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This article made me chuckle. Living in Beijing for four years now, I've owned a DVD player for two. They've been on the market for as long as they've been in most other countries and became popular before the US market did. Previous to that, I owned a VCD player (be careful the miliatry apps for this device are so dangerous that the Chinese government is making sure it doesn't get produced on American soil, thus many of you American mainlanders may have never seen/heard of this secret Chinese technology)
I have no idea of the potential 'military applications' for the PS2's, but at minimum Sony has other problems to worry about than this. Once they start producing in Southern China, you can bet the black market versions of the PS2 will be spread throughout the major cities on the mainland in short order.