Germany has lost the top ranking it has held for decades, and China's machine tool industry has quietly become the Number 1 across the globe

[Beijingwalker]

China morally justify it as 100+years of western bandits stealing and pillaging China and forcing unfair treaties etc so its to them just payback.

Nevertheless China did steal a huge amount of IP, A billion dollar wind power company which set up in China had their IP espionaged away from them and overnight the windpower company and its software were stolen and their stocks folded and went bankrupt overnight basically.

Every country will "steal" every country's IP if they are capable of doing so and given the opportunity, no exceptions in the world history.

 

[Skukuza]

It is however, odd to hear of China wanting to protect "its intellectual property" when you consider how China has treated other people's intellectual property. Let's not kid ourselves here.

All's fair in love and war.. western proverb. Just add technology to that

 

[retaxis]

Every country will "steal" every country's IP if they are capable of doing so and given the opportunity, no exceptions in the world history.

Every country steals IP. The Israelis even steal so much from America including making nuclear bombs etc. Countries even steal from their direct allies.

 

[Beijingwalker]

After China becomes the leader in science and technology, it already is in many sectors now, I m pretty sure that the west will pull out all the stops to steal China's IP. They had an inglorious hisotry of looting and stealing around the world.

 

[ety]

It is however, odd to hear of China wanting to protect "its intellectual property" when you consider how China has treated other people's intellectual property. Let's not kid ourselves here.

Well, things have changed for the past number of years. China is the leader in many tehnologies now. Of course, Chinese want to protect their IP just as the Westerners. The West had been stealing Chinese inventions for centuries.

 

[retaxis]

Well, things have changed for the past number of years. China is the leader in many tehnologies now. Of course, Chinese want to protect their IP just as the Westerners. The West had been stealing Chinese inventions for centuries.

The world is basically a pvp server in terms of geopolitics and even allies steal from each other. China gets named and shamed because China is just so much better at espionage than other countries.

What they should be more worried about is their own allies stealing from them as stealing from your enemies is fair game to me

 

[ety]

The world is basically a pvp server in terms of geopolitics and even allies steal from each other. China gets named and shamed because China is just so much better at espionage than other countries.

What they should be more worried about is their own allies stealing from them as stealing from your enemies is fair game to me

Espionage between countries esp hostile ones is a fair game. It has been going on since the creation of states from ancient time. The West spied on China for decades with far more serious consequences. The US got many secrets from PRC in the past decades, US got the secrets of China's DF-31 ballistic missile when they were just deployed because of a Manchurian researcher traitor and now it also reportedly got a hold on China's PLA Rocket Force secrets because of corrupted officials that Xi is trying very hard to clean up. And the British also got secrets from Chinese side because of a traitor when the two sides were negotiating on the return of HK to China. So, I don't know why the West is always crying about Chinese espionage, they should look themselves in the mirror first.