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> For a government to extort companies to give up their IP is to steal, no mincing words. That isn't stealing. That is negotiating. You act like companies have
by eighthnate 9y ago
> For a government to extort companies to give up their IP is to steal, no mincing words.
That isn't stealing. That is negotiating. You act like companies have a right to the chinese market.
> Chins wants to be competitive at someone else's R&D expense.
And our companies want access to the chinese market at china's expense.
> To claim this is some Robin Hood scheme that will bring equality in the world is to say stealing from rich countries is ok
The chinese aren't claiming to be robin hood.
- shiven 9y agoTHIS. So much This. If you don’t like the Chinese playbook, don’t play in China. Your company does not have a right to the Chinese market on your terms - only on their terms. If you disagree, I’ve got a generic HCV drug market you (and Gilead) are going to love.
- george_ciobanu 9y agoTrue there’s no right to a market. At the end of the day they can impose any rules they like and it’s up to companies to accept them or not. But don’t make China look like a sad puppy who needs help. It’s a ferocious tiger (good for them) whose economic and military prominence would scare me and everyone who likes free speech and non authoritarian rule.