[Symbiote]

> Fiber optics, CN

Meaning Charles Kao? A Hong Kong citizen working in Britain for a British subsidiary of an American company.

His family fled communist China, Kao probably wouldn't want his work attributed to that country.

[karambahh]

That's definitely a very good point.

It also sort of matches my point: nationalities of inventions are, at best, flexible (and shouldn't be used, really).

The CCP would likely be adamant that fiber optics are a CN invention. Your remark would likely point to fiber optics as a UK one...