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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by edm0nd on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:18PM (#43634681)
You do understand that Chinese government can (and does) easily just instruct their nation-state hackers to steal from abroad?

They have been caught doing this for decades.

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Re:How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike sho... by overfeed on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @02:39PM (#43635801)
Espionage and fundamental research are not mutually exclusive. The latter reduces the need for the former, and China is doing more of the latter now than it did before.
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