How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Companies

Re:How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Compa... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:53PM (#18077855)

Might makes right, and you can only take someone to task if you have the power to do so. The US (or at least owners of equity in the US) are too dependent on the cheap labor and lax environmental rules of China, otherwise there is no reason for the most powerful country in the world to let another country take "advantage" of them.

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Re:How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Compa... by api on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:55PM (#18077895)

China is equally dependent on foreign infusions of capital. The real issue I think is that labor arbitrage has been very good for upper income and wealthy Americans. Corporations and the rich have gotten much richer by shipping labor off to China and paying less for it and pocketing the difference. That's largely why there has been no political will to challenge this situation.

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Re:How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Compa... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:07PM (#18078017)

I find it funny that it's also the previous generations' middle class' 401(k)s and pensions that need the investment returns provided by cheap chinese labor and lax environmental rules, while at the same time ruining the future for their descendants.

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Re:How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Compa... by Fjolsvith on Thursday September 27, 2018 @09:07AM (#18084034)

To me, the lack of political will to change has been akin to the local business owner being afraid to tell the local mafia boss he no longer needs protection.

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