[thebooktocome]

Sanctions didn’t stop China from carrying out one of the most successful research and technology exfiltration campaigns in history.

[noizejoy]

Kind of ironic?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

[NegativeLatency]

Also the guy who memorized how to build a power loom during the industrial revolution

https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-eur...

[mattnewton]

I don't see irony; the US government knew the importance of these efforts first hand which is why they attempted the sanction at all.

[thebooktocome]

I assume I’m getting downvoted in the parent because there’s some implication that I’m judging them for it?

But I’m not. I was simply saying that the sanctions have nothing to do with their ability to obtain western tech.