Re: Propietary WAPI Wi-Fi protocol going to be mandated by China

From: Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen_at_t-online.de)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 10:44:34 +0100

George Ou wrote:
> "Michael Brown" <see@signature.below> wrote:

>>George Ou wrote:
>>
>>>I hear no body outside China really knows what the WAPI specification
>>>is suppose to be. Supposedly, it is going to use EC crypto. I also
>>>hear that the communist spooks have had their hand in it and there may
>>>be some backdoors placed in the specification. Obviously, it would be
>>>difficult to compete in a market where you're mandated to use a
>>>standard you know little about. The other disturbing thing is, I'm
>>>reading that the US does not intend to bring a WTO case against this.
>>
>><dons abstestos suit>
>>
>>The lawyers are all probably too busy trying to figure out how to defend
>
> the
>
>>multitude of trade barriers that the US has :)
>>
>><leaves the thread hurredly>
>>
>>--
>>Michael Brown
>>www.emboss.co.nz : OOS/RSI software and more :)
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>
>
> You seem to forget that this doesn't just affect US companies. It's all
> countries outside of China. As for your insinuation of US barriers, the US
> has among the lowest tariffs and smallest trade barriers of any country.
> That is why the cost of goods are so cheap in the US, and that is why the US
> imports so much more than they export.

While I don't support China's policy at all (see a previous
post), I think this is essentially its government's desire
to 'monopolize' in the sector concerned and thus to have a
gain in national economy (or 'protectionism', if you like).
The moral/ethics/fairness of this could certainly 'very' well
be questioned/criticized. But why bother that, before one
bothers other akin issues that are much much more critical
for the mankind, e.g. 'monopolization' of manifacture of
ABC weapons??? I also take a similar position e.g. towards
animal rights. For I firmly believe one should first (i.e.
with topmost priority) deal with human rights and human lives
and take steps, among others, to effectively hinder thousands
of thousands of humans dying daily because of lack of food,
void of medical care, land-mines, etc. etc. etc. 'before'
directing our limited time/effort/resources to such issues
as bad treatments of animals.

M. K. Shen
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