The reason I added it was conflict of interest originally. It's quite irrelevant now since I misread it ( I am Chinese was from a different author named BlackjackCF, and was a reply somewhere in his comment history).

So yeah, this wasn't what I had in mind. Human error.

Oh please. The Chinese always sprout up to defend and pretend, that the unsavory aspect of Chinese industrial espionage is American/western propaganda. Happens all over the place on the Internet.

We have a lot of experience with this, and I can tell you what is far more common: people projecting manipulation and astroturfing onto legit users who in fact are merely expressing an opposing point of view. Hauling out this accusation without evidence is poisonous to discussion. That's why the site guidelines ask you not to post such insinuations. Please read and follow them from now on: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Following the site guidelines also means not using flamewar tropes like "Oh please", and refraining from nationalistic flamewar in general. "The Chinese always sprout up" is a pretty gross thing to see here.