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Titolo: mossa geniale: pietra tombale sulla ricerca made in usa

US in move that may bar foreign researchers
By Edward Alden and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Published: November 24 2005 22:06 | Last updated: November 24 2005 22:06
us/ chinaThe US government is poised to propose rules that could restrict
the ability of Chinese and other foreign nationals to engage in high-level
research in the country, a plan that is generating fierce opposition from
companies and universities.
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The move comes amid growing fears in the US that its relatively open rules
allowing foreign nationals to work with sensitive technologies leave the
country open to espionage. 
Law enforcement and intelligence officials fear China in particular could be
using some of its more than 150,000 students in the US to spy on behalf of
Beijing.
In a few weeks, the commerce department is expected to respond to a report
by its inspector-general, which warned of the espionage risks last year.
The inspector-general?s proposal called for an expansion of the rules that
restrict the sharing of advanced technologies with foreign nationals.
Under existing law, companies or universities are required to seek a
government export licence if they allow citizens from controlled countries,
most prominently China, to engage in research involving technologies with
potential military uses. 
But licences are not required if a Chinese national becomes a citizen or a
permanent resident in another country ? such as Canada or the UK ? which is
not subject to stringent US export controls. 
There are particular concerns about the tens of thousands of Chinese who
have taken out citizenship in countries that exchange technology freely
with the US.
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  The proposal under consideration would expand the so-called ?deemed
export? requirement to cover anyone born in China or other controlled
countries such as Iran and North Korea, even if they had taken out
citizenship in another country.
The idea has particularly angered US universities, which have seen the
enrolment of foreign students drop sharply owing to the stricter visa
requirements imposed after the September 11 2001 terror attacks. 
International student enrolment at US colleges and universities has fallen
by 1.3 per cent in the last academic year, following a 2.4 per cent fall
the year before.
?The most alarming outcome of this proposed rule will be the substantial
negative impact on attracting the best and brightest people from round the
world to participate in the conduct of basic and applied research, which is
of extraordinary social and economic value to the nation,? wrote Robert
Goldston, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics laboratory, in one of
hundreds of comments sent to the commerce department in the past six
months.
Lawyers and lobbyists following the debate in the US government say the
administration might opt for a less restrictive rule than that proposed in
the inspector-general?s report. 
A senior commerce department official said that whatever rule was adopted
would ?strive to protect national security while meeting the needs of
industry and academia?. 
?Controls on the release of technology to foreign nationals in the US must ?
and can ? protect national security while allowing business and the
academic research community to employ the world?s best minds, no matter
their nationality.?

 companies and universities.
O magari su quella cinese, che è risaputo basarsi sul back engineering
di tecnologie straniere?
Raffaele

raffaele...@gmail.com
 wrote:
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peccato che gli usa producano 70000 ingegneri di cittadinanza  americana
all' anno (compresi i cittadini americani nati in Cina ovviamente) più
80000 stranieri (dei quali oltre la metà cinesi) i cinesi producono 600000
ingegneri all' anno. Fatti due conti, senza contare che non hai neppure
letto l' articolo visto che università americane (alle quali dell'economia
cinese non credo ne freghi molto) e industrie sono contrarissime, leggi qua
perché.
http://astronautix.com/Mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=39

raffaele...@gmail.com
 wrote:
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Tra l'altro è anche una legge discriminatoria visto che discrimina i
cittadini americani appartenenti ad etnie diverse. Se leggessi l'articolo
ti accorgeresti che i cittadini stranieri e le aziende che li impiegano
subiscono già delle limitazioni nell'export la nuova legge colpisce ad
esempio i sinoamericani o i coreanoamericani o gli iranoamericani ecc ecc.