> who'd want it

Someone who CAN make a profit from it, obviously.

Are you talking about China or the USA?

I'd imagine that a replacement IT system would be "lesser" somehow than before, because of the split, though perhaps not...at least it should be because there are now so few Post Offices because so many have closed?

Be aware that the Post Office is a shell of what it once was. I doubt it presents as much of a s/w engineering challenge as it once did.

Everyone (else) should be an *adversary* to the USA's tyrannical obsession of controlling the whole world to it's own benefit.

There'll always be one somewhere, or a first one...

China seems to be doing "just fine" without Google, and increasingly without Microsoft (Windows) too. I'm sure Europe can manage too. Maybe it'll be painful to quit the habit, but ultimately it will be worthwhile.

Even NON-FOSS is better. Skype was great (feature-wise) until Microsoft got to it, and eventually killed it with no equivalent (feature-wise).

The regulations are there for a reason. The USA should implement them too.

I was thinking of (eastern) Egypt. Americans don't seem to understand what "Asia" is, and how big and heterogeneous it is. Calling someone "Asian" is almost meaningless.

It's a fight against the sponsorship provided by the US government for anything that vilified China...there is money up for grabs for anything "China bad".
Anything China does to counter it is peanuts in comparison.

Not only that, but they can make their hacks on non-Chinese system look like they come from China! You really cannot tell...

But, yeah, everyone does it to everyone else, so you'll be correct at some point. It all boils down to "it's OK when we do it, but not when they do it".

Don't blame China for your own political problems...you only have yourselves to blame. China is not the USA and does not force it's politics on others.

Yes, it means the CIA, who have documented skills at making hacking look like it comes from...anywhere.

Did you read the same post I did? It clearly indicates that they actually didn't know the identity of the hackers, and with the skills of the CIA wrt making hacks looks like they come from elsewhere, I'm not surprised. It's rather refreshing to see some not falling for the CIA's tricks, for a change.