China’s Technology Ambitions Could Upset the Global Trade Order
- 7 years ago
China’s Technology Ambitions Could Upset the Global Trade Order
At some companies, Chinese security officials conduct the inspections in corporate “clean rooms”
in the United States, with the Chinese officials traveling on business visas, Mr. Lewis said.
“You would think intellectual property and joint ventures would belong under Cfius review,” Mr. Rasgon said,
referring to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews foreign deals.
“There are a few U. S. companies that have been leaning too far about sharing technology with countries
that are potential enemies of ours,” said Wilbur L. Ross Jr., the United States secretary of commerce, in September remarks regarding information technology that were widely seen as referring to China.
Yet in an interview with the Chinese state news media, Zhang Yunquan, a top government researcher and head of the National Supercomputing Center in Jinan, China, said
that Sugon could use the work of the joint venture to make supercomputer microchips.
Where technology cannot be purchased, the government wants Chinese companies to extract it from foreign firms through deals or tough new laws.
At some companies, Chinese security officials conduct the inspections in corporate “clean rooms”
in the United States, with the Chinese officials traveling on business visas, Mr. Lewis said.
“You would think intellectual property and joint ventures would belong under Cfius review,” Mr. Rasgon said,
referring to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews foreign deals.
“There are a few U. S. companies that have been leaning too far about sharing technology with countries
that are potential enemies of ours,” said Wilbur L. Ross Jr., the United States secretary of commerce, in September remarks regarding information technology that were widely seen as referring to China.
Yet in an interview with the Chinese state news media, Zhang Yunquan, a top government researcher and head of the National Supercomputing Center in Jinan, China, said
that Sugon could use the work of the joint venture to make supercomputer microchips.
Where technology cannot be purchased, the government wants Chinese companies to extract it from foreign firms through deals or tough new laws.