illegal-technology

There are insinuations that the Japanese factory operates with technology and practices that skirt legal and trade restrictions, particularly concerning megodonts and windups.

1 chapter across 1 book

The Windup Girl (2009)Paolo Bacigalupi

Chapter 38

Kanya visits the Mishimoto & Co. compound in Thonburi to investigate the involvement of Japanese windups in a recent assassination. She confronts Mr. Yashimoto and his windup assistant Hiroko about the presence of a military windup killer, but they deny knowledge and assert that military windups are strictly controlled by Japan's Defense Ministry. The tense encounter reveals cultural tensions, suspicions of illegal technology, and the complex role of windups as both tools and symbols of national identity.