"Too often, at conferences and trade shows, have I seen the roving groups of Chinese with their video cameras and notebooks, blatantly stealing ideas and IP."

"Too often, at conferences and trade shows, have I seen the roving groups of Chinese with their video cameras and notebooks, blatantly stealing ideas and IP." What in the world? What about the non-Chinese people who take notes and videotape at conferences? In what America are sensitive national secrets or company IP put on display at public conferences? I think most people here are open to rational arguments, but some people try a little bit too hard to conjure the Chinese bogeyman.