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The hypocrisy is amazing. Britain, Germany, America certainly had no problems with stealing intellectual property [see below] or erecting huge barriers to trade [https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Samaritans-Secret-History-Capitalism/dp/1596915986/]. In fact, they even invaded and drugged a nation to steal wealth [https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Opium-Wars-Jack-Beeching/dp/0156170949/].

 

IP theft is a century's long Western tradition

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-26/china-didn-t-invent-industrial-espionage

http://www.amazon.com/For-All-Tea-China-Favorite/dp/0143118749

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608141/internet-privacy/snowden--the-nsa-planted-backdoors-in-cisco-products.html

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/26/a_nation_of_outlaws/?page=full

http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Paperclip-Intelligence-Program-Scientists/dp/0316221031/

http://japanfocus.org/-Christopher-Reed/2177/article.html

I hope these Chinese officials know what they're doing. Given its predatory history with drugs, the West is more likely using this opportunity to worsen the problem if they aren't outright orchestrating it.

https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Opium-Wars-Jack-Beeching/dp/0156170949/

 

The Politics of Heroin - CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Heroin-Complicity-Global-Trade/dp/1556524838/

Either of theses are a good read on the subject:
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams, and the Making of Modern China

The Chinese Opium Wars