To do business in China you must have a Chinese partner with 50% ownership in the partnership. Is anyone even Apple surprised when they turn their technology over to the Chinese partner that he turns it over to the Government.
Maybe someone can confirm this story: we were told to stay out of China if we didn’t want our products knocked off. A US trade rep told us GM had just finished a plant in China and 10 miles away was a completely identical plant bolt for bolt built by the Chinese.
To do big business in China, to open up a factory you have to take on a “connected” Chinese 50% partner. He might be in the PLA or the son of a PLA general of Communist leader. And yes, your technology will be stolen and you will have a Chinese competitor within five years. The Chinese shear the capitalist sheep who aims for short term sales and profits in China
Why would it not be like this?