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Tip of the iceberg. I've worked in the defense industry for 20 years, and I have never seen it like this. Every plant you go to there are contractor people scurrying up and down the corridors babbling away in every language you can imagine. The managers duck responsibility by saying "well those are contractor people, we can't control them". But they have access and free reign. I've seen them in Mission Control Centers, launch sites, you name it. They could be saying ANYTHING ("Achmed! Attack now!") and the people in the plants wouldn't know, and they're terrified to say anything for fear of a lawsuit.

It's a goddamn circus.

>>It's a goddamn circus.<<

A well planned circus act that is almost a decade into its growth. (hint->Alamos is giving away what they have difficulty locating.)

re (Science and Technology) A report from U.S. Embassy Beijing November 1996

Summary. The State Council 'Decision on Accelerating S&T Development' outlines China's S&T development strategy for the next several decades. It decrees that S&T research must become closely tied to the market; S&T is no longer the province of the old Soviet-style institutes but the universities and private industry should do research as well. The "Decision" calls on research and institutions of higher education to create joint ventures with Chinese or foreign venture capital in order to accelerate the transfer of S&T advances to industry. State Council goals include boosting total S&T spending to 1.5 percent of GNP by the year 2000, protecting the environment, achieving sustainable development and indigenization of S&T creation capability in key areas of manufacturing technology and systems design. Additional cables in this series examine the detailed explanation of this policy in the State S&T Council report 'Science and Education for a Prosperous China' written for CPC and government officials. End summary.

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/doctrine/stdec2.htm