[usednet]

In mere decades the nation will look back at these cases against respectable academics as what they truly are: blatant, nonsensical xenophobia.

Academic collaboration is “Chinese ties?” Incredible that these cases are even being sent to trial with 0 evidence of these professors sending any kind of sensitive information to China.

[Jtype]

So you don't believe that a country with a long history of stealing technology IP would have spies in the Universities that are doing cutting edge research in those areas?

[throw4887643]

Japan had “a long history of stealing technology IP” until they didn’t. Then it was South Korea that “a long history of stealing technology IP” until they didn’t.

Now it’s China getting blamed. I wonder which country will be next? India?

[Dracophoenix]

There have been incidents with Japanese corporations stealing IP:

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/23/business/japanese-executi...

[Jtype]

So your argument is that other foreign nationals have been unfairly accused in the past so we shouldn't worry about it happening? Or, is it that other nations, as they developed, spied and stole technology until they didn't need to anymore?

Either way I don't see why we should ignore technology theft.

[amanaplanacanal]

The US did it too, until they became top dog. I can't get worked up about it. It's just the way of things.

[powerapple]

How many years is a long history? How many years ago the world is under western colonization? To keep the wealth robbed around the world, "legal" is the term they use quite often.

If a developing country needs development, they have to steal something, because it won't be given. As a developing country develop, it will in turn protect its interests. By then it will try to protect its properties (intellectual or whatever it is). I wish most developing countries learn from China, develop quickly, then worry about the legality issue.

[Jtype]

Whatabboutism is pretty silly here. When was China a US colony? If it's ok for China to steal IP from the US, then why was it wrong for "western" countries in the past to steal from others? If it was wrong for others in the past then why is it justified now? It's either never or always ok. I vote for never myself. But if you think "revenge" stealing is justified against a country that never colonized them, then you are justifying all countries doing it since the beginning of time, because just about every country in the world was conquered and exploited at one time or another.

China is still stealing IP and has been for over 20 years. It's nothing new.

[powerapple]

It is not what about, it is the way a developing country should follow in order to climb up the ladder game. I wish more developing countries can be smart and do not let others take advantages of them so easily.

If you give China enough time, it will lead the effort to protect IP to block other competitors.