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Re:Qian Xuesen dies at 98; Co-Founder of JPL and China's spa... by yapcguy on Saturday December 14, 2013 @04:04PM (#6907111)
It still seems to be the thinking today.

Success by Asians is smeared as being the result of industrial espionage, cheating or pure luck.

This drip feed of soft propaganda and sterotyping can't be good for society, when clearly many challenges remain:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-lorde-asian-...

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Re:Qian Xuesen dies at 98; Co-Founder of JPL and China's spa... by pekk on Saturday December 14, 2013 @05:45PM (#6907432)
You seem to be denying that Chinese industrial espionage occurs...
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Re:Qian Xuesen dies at 98; Co-Founder of JPL and China's spa... by yapcguy on Saturday December 14, 2013 @08:27PM (#6907894)
Do newspapers make similar accusations of 'friendly' countries proven to conduct espionage?
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Re:Qian Xuesen dies at 98; Co-Founder of JPL and China's spa... by gwern on Saturday December 14, 2013 @09:20PM (#6908051)
You can find plenty of coverage of Israelis spying on the US for Israel. A 'friendly' country long since proven to conduct espionage.
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