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China historically built a wall to keep the mongolians OUT, they didn't invade and conquer them, it's a totally different view on life.

Why did China just complete sea trials with their first domestically produced aircraft carrier then? That is a power projection platform, not a defensive one.

Re: the EU excluding the US government from arguing within their court system, that is their right (if they think it's consistent with the law over there) but realistically they can't prevent the US taking punitive measures elsewhere (such as next time a trade deal comes up). It seems short sighted of them to go after one big cash grab at the cost of annoying the US in the long run. The US has a long memory.

I would love to wire my house with 10 gigabit Ethernet just for the challenge of it! Even though my Internet connection only goes at 100 megabit it would still be fun to zap files from device to device at that speed.

I remember being targeted by a recruiter (software developer) from there way back in 2001. They have been trying to create their own little Silicon Valley in North Carolina for ages.

They don't want to make too many laptops because it will annoy their Windows OEM customers, but tablets they can make. It would actually be good to have a proper competitor to the iPad.