Workers at a Boeing Co. plant in Los Angeles are nearing completion of a new satellite, which uses restricted technology relied on by the U.S. military. It was ordered by a local startup that seeks to improve web access in Africa.
In reality, the satellite is being funded by Chinese state money, according to corporate records, court documents and people close to the project.
That satellite should never make it to China. Obviously.
That's obviously right, isn't it?
UPDATE: And don't sell the rope-making factory to China, either:
Germans this week increased their focus on questions regarding a company called KUKA Robotics, which has become the poster child for the perils of high tech sales to the Chinese. With its industrial robotics production, KUKA was one of the nation’s greatest innovators for the 21st century economy until it was taken over by the Chinese company Midea in 2016.
Just last month, Midea was reversing previous assurances that it would not remove KUKA’s highly respected and long-time CEO, underscoring China’s ultimate control over cutting-edge robotics technology.
Good grief. Barn door. Horse.
