People almost never pay attention to the ‘brain drain’.
If China becomes the hub of the internet and thereby damage our prestige in the tech community, that’s a game changer.
You may recall the ‘brain drain’ that occurred in WWII when some of the most brilliant innovators and scientists fled from the Nazis to the US. That has continued to this day. But China is in position to alter that drastically and become the new capital of cutting edge talent.
During a prolonged cyber-war you need all of the top tech guys possible and ‘drain’ them from your rival.
Another post you made is relavent here too:
“China has a couple goals: domination of their parts of the world. Control of natural resources wherever they can control. Controlling the internet for their population. Profit (as it supports the other goals). If they can gain financially from controlling the internet they will, maybe by charging those dictators for disabling parts of the internet they don’t like. They also have to allow access to the internet or lose out on physical product sales, but more importantly lose on encryption and every other software endeavor.”
And I learned of a new place China is adding to its umbrella: Europe.
[In article ...]
“China’s quantum network could soon span two continents, thanks to a satellite launched earlier today ... the Quantum Science Satellite is designed to distribute quantum-encrypted keys between relay stations in China and Europe. When working as planned, the result could enable unprecedented levels of security between parties on different continents. [snip]
“That was written in August 15 — mid-August of this year, the same time that Strickling boasted of his criminal transition plan of ICANN.”
Yes, and there a ton of Chinese in the US and other countries that could go back to China. Right now most of them see much better opportunities here and Europe, but that could change.