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This a nice qoute and all but China has a civil-Military program that allows their government to annex any necessary technology for their military but also puts strict building practices on civil made projects.

What makes anyone think that China as government won't do exactly what she fears, which is putting this battery technology inside drones, or humanoids for war fighting? The difference here is China won't ask.

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nor will anyone else, the point isn't about weather generic use batteries will be used for military usage, or that someone who licence the technology builds military focused versions

the point is they themselves didn't want to _explicitly_ design components for specific forms of military usage

and they no longer feel safe to not be pressured by the US to do so

but that isn't even the main reason for moving mentioned in the article which are (in order they appear in): reduced funding, moving away from electrification, immigration policies and then the previous point

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as a side note your comment did sound a bit like you think Singapore is China, in the unlikely case you did idk. mix it up with Honkon: it isn't China in any form it was

The difference here is China is going to use dual tech for productive civil until they can't vs US will use it to murder children immediately. This fundamental difference, US civil-military (i.e. AI) workers have to grapple with the fact that their work will absolutely kill people / collateral damage, usually within the fiscal quarter. In mean time, PRC talent watch drones do marathons, breakdance, or lift building material up mountains. Now eventually it may snap necks, but mean time talent contributing to PRC sleep soundly at night knowing they're not... you know murdering foreign kids.

Are you saying China is gonna invade Singapore, or what are you trying to say? How is China relevant here?

Singapore is sovereign country. A lot of Chinese there escaped from China a century ago during Qing era. They are more in common with Malays in that region than China. Plus, if you read up Singapore policies, they are way more pro western countries than China. Try to read more before typing indiscriminately.

Why is China relevant?

Singapore and China hold strong economic ties. Furthermore if the Chinese government asks one of its citizens to do something the citizen must keep in mind where the rest of their family lives. There are countless articles of how the CCP will do things like fire an aunt or uncle, or deny a sister or brother access to college for not complying with their wishes.

Do you think Singapore as an independent country is strong enough to keep the Chinese government out?

They moved to Singapore, not China. Those are different countries.

This comment have a huge Cotton vibe (48s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgLQCfypDLk). Let me guess, you're from the USA?

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