But -- as adept as the Chinese are at industrial espionage and in reverse engineering, all that could have done was "put a slightly longer fuse on" the loss of the technology info to China.
Wow! I remember when my generation complained that the Japanese were skilled "copy-cats"!
And, then, there was WJC -- selling our technology to China... :-{
Nooses don't belong in NASCAR garages -- but...
Something has to happen to the heart of the problem, our academic system has no consideration for the security of the freedoms that gaurantee that system. The institutions have no loyalty to the United States.