This. Many of the projects/products I've designed for companies in the last few years are intentionally being kept out of the Chinese market. It's too dangerous for ip and other portfolio protection reasons. It's a great market for commodity items like cigarettes and cars, but the bleeding edge tech from the rest of the world will always be 5-10 years ahead for this, ip reasons, and how common dishonest business practices rear their head. I think this will only increase with the big government push to internalize every industry they haven't already (machine and fabrication tools, manufacturing equipment, etc.)

Every country has to face the fact that because of the Internet we now live in a totally globalized world. Borders only exist on paper maps and globes and in the mind of governments. Those of us developing tech don't care about such things, we dont even see these kinds of barriers anymore. We just see good ideas, and smart people.