full-disclosure - Re: Security risks of doing business with China?

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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 18:38:02 +0100
From: Seth Arnold <seth.arnold@...onical.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Security risks of doing business with China?

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 08:43:10AM +0000, Dan Ballance wrote:
> I greatly respect the collective knowledge about security matters on this
> list. What do you make of this BBC report? Here in the UK we are seeming
> happy to do business with China, but other countries are blocking over
> alleged security concerns. Do you think these concerns are legitimate or is
> this purely political protectionism?
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20163907

An important part left out of that particular article was that the wind
farm in question was proposed to be built near restricted airspace at a
Naval Weapons Systems training facility:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444712904578024590739979984.html

Draw whatever conclusions you will, this seems like a vital piece of
information to making a reasonable conclusion.

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