[endthematrix]

Boeing sure does have people in high places, but they are some of the lowest denominator, corrupt dealers in the business. Remember it's BUISNESS, the stuff that is supposed to bring China to Upstanding Nation Status (UNS) a model for the world.

[endthematrix]

This is not just about CHINA but all countries who want American technology!

Excerpt of GAO report,Asian Aeronautics: Technology Acquisition Drives Industry Development (Letter Report, 05/04/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-140) about US Aviation deals regarding China/Asia back in 1994:

The four Asian nations we visited--Japan, China, Indonesia, and Taiwan--appear intent on developing their own aeronautics industries. These nations are acquiring technologies developed in the West, building aeronautics products based upon them at lower cost, and trying to improve those products over time. In addition, these countries are attempting to build domestic R&D infrastructures in order to enhance acquired technologies. Carefully applied, this approach allows Asian nations to develop industrial and technological capabilities in a fraction of the time needed to cultivate them from scratch.
Access to Asian markets has become a primary business objective of U.S. and European aircraft manufacturers, and Asian aircraft buyers have responded by demanding a measure of technology transfer with each purchase. This has enabled some Asian companies to become competent in newer and more advanced technologies without incurring all of the risks of development and has allowed U.S. companies to share development costs

[GeronL]

It was bad when Clinton did it,... but its OKAY when Bush does it.

Give technology to China illegally. So what?? we'll just change the law.

cha-ching, Boeing gives money to THE PARTY.

[RJCogburn]

Uh,oh.
Clintonesque at first reading.

[Doctor Stochastic]

...improperly approved by the State Department,...

The article doesn't make this clear. If the State Department is in charge of vetting transfers, what's improper with following the regulating agency's rules? (Of course, failing to be improper doesn't rule out stupid.)

[Missouri]

bump

[lelio]

A State Department official involved in the issue said the transfer of the chips inside Boeing 737 control systems was approved orally, without a written authorization, during a period of disruption in U.S. government operations caused by Hurricane Isabel in mid-September.

This just smells sleazy.

Disclosure of the chip transfer comes as the Bush administration is seeking to loosen export controls on defense-related goods to several nations as part of its pro-business policies.

Clintoon doing this is treason. What should we call it under Bush's watch?