Just asking. Has the WP author Nakashima or those in the Dept. of Justice who are charging and prosecuting this Red Chinese economic espionage case, ever stopped to think that these were not just “economic gain” crimes, but that those involved were Red Chinese agents, spies, assets, operatives (pick one or all terms)?
You read almost NOTHING in the mainstream media about the massive Red Chinese intelligence operations against the US except for a cyberwarfare/hacking attack(s).
It is much larger than anyone thinks (nobody in the White House “thinks” but a few in our intel groups do).
Clinton allowed this RC espionage and election funding subversion to go on (ask Al Gore about that) and the Dems (and some Republicans) have let it flourish like “Let a 100 Flowers Bloom”.
IT used to called treason in the old days. Today, it is called “Democrats business as usual”.
As Obama has said, “Yes I Did”.
The thinking seems to go: "You can't beat them, anyway - so you might as well sell to them. They'll appreciate our flexibility, and our best technology is still two decades ahead of them so we have nothing to worry about."
And that will work until it doesn't. It certainly makes some defense contractors and politicians very rich in the short run.