China’s Strategy For Global Technology Dominance By Any Means Necessary

In its attempt to dominate the global technology market, the Chinese government is pursuing an aggressive by-hook-or-by-crook strategy that involves serially manipulating the marketplace and wantonly stealing and coercing transfer of American knowhow. The United States can no longer afford to stand idly by as China carries out these plans, argues Rob Atkinson in Forbes. Instead, it should push back with a robust policy of constructive confrontation that marshals all the resources of government to make clear there will be severe consequences for China’s brand of innovation mercantilism.