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Didn't know where to put this - moderator, please shift as necessary.
I think geopolitics/geoeconomics might fit, because China is aattempting to set a (legal) standard here. https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/02/15/ ... le/2278507
China court: Drivers still responsible despite autonomous vehicle
China’s top court has issued a ruling confirming humans in cars with assisted driving technology are responsible for their vehicle, setting a nationwide benchmark as Beijing positions itself as a standards-setter in the auto market.
In its ruling, the court referred to a case in which a man relied on the technology while drunk and asleep at the wheel.
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“The on-board assisted driving system cannot replace the driver as the primary driving subject,” the Supreme People’s Court said in the Friday ruling.
The driver “is still the one who actually performs the driving tasks and bears the responsibility to ensure driving safety,” it added.
While most such systems currently used on the road specify that the driver is ultimately in control of the car, the court’s ruling now makes that a legal standard nationwide.
Maybe this should be India-France thread
“We believe in technology transfer...” Prez Macron’s big statement over India-France defence deal
Prez Macron’s big statement over India-France defence deal
Feb 17, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8f_d3q6lgc
// i didn't know Macron is fluent in English, he delivered it in Angrez. Pretty good speech.
bala wrote: ↑18 Feb 2026 03:41
Maybe this should be India-France thread
“We believe in technology transfer...” Prez Macron’s big statement over India-France defence deal
Prez Macron’s big statement over India-France defence deal
Feb 17, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8f_d3q6lgc
// i didn't know Macron is fluent in English, he delivered it in Angrez. Pretty good speech.
France’s Naval Group has criticized Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for hurting European submarine vendors by transferring technology to countries that later managed to build their own boats for export.
CCP ‘PAWN’? Beijing could use the KMT chairwoman’s visit to signal to the world that many people in Taiwan support the ‘one China’ principle, an academic said
By Andrew Silver and Ben Blanchard / Reuters, SHANGHAI and TAIPEI
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) yesterday arrived in China for a “peace” mission and potential meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), while a Taiwanese minister detailed the number of Chinese warships currently deployed around the nation.
Cheng is visiting at a time of increased Chinese military pressure on Taiwan, as the opposition-dominated Legislative Yuan stalls a government plan for US$40 billion in extra defense spending.
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - Britain deployed military vessels to prevent any attacks on cables and pipelines by Russian submarines that spent more than a month in and around British waters earlier this year, Defence Minister John Healey said on Thursday.
Britain accused Russia of using the distraction of events in the Middle East to try to conduct the covert operation in the High North maritime region, home to key shipping routes and critical infrastructure such as undersea cables.
Healey said British forces and allies including Norway tracked and deterred malign activity by the Russian vessels, adding that the submarines had now left the area and there were no signs of damage to underwater infrastructure.
Revealing the operation publicly at a press conference, Healey said the intent was to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that the activity had been detected.
"To President Putin, I say 'We see you. We see your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences'," he said.
"Our armed forces left them in no doubt that they were being monitored, that their movements were not covert, as President Putin planned, and that their attempted secret operation had been exposed."
Russia's embassy in London said Healey's statement was "impossible to either believe or verify."
