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Re:GE Engineer Linked to China Stole Power Plant Technology,... by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 03, 2018 @08:32AM (#17679287)
Taiwan was a dictatorship for much of the time it was economically developing, as was South Korea. We can’t really contribute their success to democracy, just perhaps their continued stability.
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Re:GE Engineer Linked to China Stole Power Plant Technology,... by natch on Friday August 03, 2018 @11:48AM (#17680812)
When they got serious about IP protection (early 1990s) they were no longer a dictatorship.
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Re:GE Engineer Linked to China Stole Power Plant Technology,... by seanmcdirmid on Friday August 03, 2018 @06:35PM (#17684168)
I’m not sure if that is true. Anyways, during their dictatorships they were heavily supported by the USA.
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Re:GE Engineer Linked to China Stole Power Plant Technology,... by natch on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:26PM (#17684887)
Random poster on HN is not sure... what a surprise, hah! I was there working at a systems integration company that was feeling the impact of the legal changes around IP. They were huge news. At the same time the election process had just opened up because the previously iron-fisted ruling KMT party finally caved to pressure to transition things out of an era where they insisted the government had to be on a war footing, to a new era that included allowing other parties to truly run (and win!) not just in theory, but in practice. Exciting times.
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