From a Ferry, a Chinese Fast-Attack Boat

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David Lague, INSIGHT-From a Ferry, a Chinese Fast-Attack Boat. Reuters, May 31, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2 ... USL4E8GV00I20120531

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"The joint venture partner [with Australian high-speed ferry designer AMD Marine Consulting in 1993], Guangzhou Marine Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of the giant China State Shipbuilding Corporation, gained access to state-of-the-art technology in wave-piercing, aluminium-hull designs.

"No one has suggested AMD Marine Consulting has done anything illegal. Under Australian law, exporters of military equipment must seek government approval for foreign sales but these restrictions do not apply to work done by Australian company subsidiaries operating offshore.

"The link between AMD's designs and the Chinese navy was first reported in 2007 in SIGNAL Magazine, a Fairfax, Virginia-based specialist defence technology publication. * * * At the time, AMD confirmed the Chinese navy had adopted its technology.

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