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Largely the "IP theft" is really "IP transfer". In order to conduct business in China, most non-Chinese companies need to partner with a Chinese owned company, that partnership requires that the IP be shared between partner companies. Each Chinese owned company already has another partner, the Chinese Government. IP shared with the Chinese company is then shared with the Chinese Government. The Chinese Government than takes the IP that has been "shared" and they re-distribute that knowledge to other Chinese companies that can benefit. The Chinese government is sitting on massive amounts of IP that was knowingly "shared" That's why it seems the technology sector in China seemed super charged, because it was.

Make no mistake the Chinese government is actively trying to steal IP, but most of the IP it has was knowingly shared by Western companies desperate to lower costs and get access to the Chinese market.