Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 22nd August, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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Hiding in plain sight | ToI
Partnership test | IndExp
Moving resolutely toward the post-pandemic future |TH
NEWS
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Hiding in plain sight | ToI
Partnership test | IndExp
Moving resolutely toward the post-pandemic future |TH
NEWS
Hiding in plain sight | ToI
? ‘Made in China 2025 ’ (MIC 2025) plan aimed to turn the
country into a world leader in cutting edge technology.
?Recession hit India
? Chi n a’ s ambition to control next generation 5G communication
technology had already caused great concern.
?US is trying to rein in tech giant Huawei.
?Under the detailed guidance issued by the commerce
department, hundreds of American and foreign companies have
been barred from selling to Huawei any product that could have
been produced with the help of US technology or software.
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Hiding in plain sight | ToI
Partnership test | IndExp
Moving resolutely toward the post-pandemic future |TH
NEWS
Hiding in plain sight | ToI
? ‘Made in China 2025 ’ (MIC 2025) plan aimed to turn the
country into a world leader in cutting edge technology.
?Recession hit India
? Chi n a’ s ambition to control next generation 5G communication
technology had already caused great concern.
?US is trying to rein in tech giant Huawei.
?Under the detailed guidance issued by the commerce
department, hundreds of American and foreign companies have
been barred from selling to Huawei any product that could have
been produced with the help of US technology or software.
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Hiding in plain sight | ToI
Partnership test | IndExp
Moving resolutely toward the post-pandemic future |TH
NEWS
Hiding in plain sight | ToI
? ‘Made in China 2025 ’ (MIC 2025) plan aimed to turn the
country into a world leader in cutting edge technology.
?Recession hit India
? Chi n a’ s ambition to control next generation 5G communication
technology had already caused great concern.
?US is trying to rein in tech giant Huawei.
?Under the detailed guidance issued by the commerce
department, hundreds of American and foreign companies have
been barred from selling to Huawei any product that could have
been produced with the help of US technology or software.
? Chin a ’ s aggressive efforts to dominate have come under
heightened scrutiny.
?Dozens of cases of technology theft in the West have
been identified, with agents of economic espionage
caught and expelled.
?A famous Harvard professor was apprehended in
February.
?The US shut down a major Chinese consulate ostensibly
to prevent technology theft.
?US Congress and law enforcement agencies have ramped
up investigations into systematic Chinese efforts to
steal cutting edge tech that would form the core of MIC
2025.
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Hiding in plain sight | ToI
Partnership test | IndExp
Moving resolutely toward the post-pandemic future |TH
NEWS
Hiding in plain sight | ToI
? ‘Made in China 2025 ’ (MIC 2025) plan aimed to turn the
country into a world leader in cutting edge technology.
?Recession hit India
? Chi n a’ s ambition to control next generation 5G communication
technology had already caused great concern.
?US is trying to rein in tech giant Huawei.
?Under the detailed guidance issued by the commerce
department, hundreds of American and foreign companies have
been barred from selling to Huawei any product that could have
been produced with the help of US technology or software.
? Chin a ’ s aggressive efforts to dominate have come under
heightened scrutiny.
?Dozens of cases of technology theft in the West have
been identified, with agents of economic espionage
caught and expelled.
?A famous Harvard professor was apprehended in
February.
?The US shut down a major Chinese consulate ostensibly
to prevent technology theft.
?US Congress and law enforcement agencies have ramped
up investigations into systematic Chinese efforts to
steal cutting edge tech that would form the core of MIC
2025.
?A recent report by an Australian government thinktank,
‘Hunting the phoenix: The Chinese Communist P art y’ s global
search for technology and talent,’ reveals the organisation
that lies behind MIC 2025.
?In 2008, China launched its Thousand Talents plan, designed
to lure Chinese scientists abroad to bring their research back
to China.
?It has since been expanded to include other nationals willing
to share their research openly or secretly with China.
?According to the report, a network of 600 talent recruitment
stations operate worldwide – from the US to Germany and
Singapore, working in close coordination with Chinese party
and government agencies.