On: Canada police charge Hydro-Quebec employee with China espionage

[prasadjoglekar]

"Chinese University" is an arm of the Chinese state and potentially also of the CCP. It's not a purely commercial third party.

[manuelabeledo → prasadjoglekar]

Right, but why would anyone file a patent on stolen IP? It would both defeat the purpose of stealing the IP in the first place, and put a target on their backs.

[AMerrit → manuelabeledo]

This sounds more like a case of an ambitious dummy being prodded into being a stooge that leaks IP rather than purposeful espionage on his part.

[ISL → manuelabeledo]

If it provides cover for another entity, it could have value.

"Hey, we licensed that patent from $(thief). We thought it was legit! We're innocent. All the liability for our infringement falls on $(thief)."

[pyuser583 → manuelabeledo]

I just had a conversation with a military police officer.

He said one one of the ways they catch soldiers who go AWOL is to show up when they file for veterans benefits.

[lazyeye → manuelabeledo]

Picking flowers, making honey

https://www.aspi.org.au/report/picking-flowers-making-honey

[DiogenesKynikos → prasadjoglekar]

This is painting things with an absurdly broad brush.

The vast majority of academics in China are exactly the same as academics in the US and Europe. They are not arms of the Chinese state.

It's frankly getting very tiresome to see literally everything and everyone in China painted in this conspiratorial, bad-faith manner.