Forget about proprietary information, the Chinese government has decided to force foreign manufacturers of digital appliances to disclose the source codes of computing devices contained in their products.
The mandate applies to all goods made or sold in China and enforcement is set to begin next month.
If a company refuses to have its products inspected, those products will not be allowed to be manufactured or sold in China. No developed nation has this kind of system.Japanese, European and American companies have voiced strong criticism of the scheme.
The system could cover a wide variety of products, including contactless integrated circuit cards, digital copying machines, ATMs and other products made by Japanese companies. As reasons for launching the system, Beijing cited prevention of computer viruses, among other reasons.
Remember, the Chinese say they are simply preventing computer viruses. Who could possibly be against that? Heh.
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