They wanted to join the WTO so that their exports wouldn't be subject to high tariffs and other barriers. The issue is that there were no > Chinese strategic

They wanted to join the WTO so that their exports wouldn't be subject to high tariffs and other barriers. The issue is that there were no > Chinese strategic efforts to locate our industrial production there There was a Chinese policy of encouraging foreign investment, but that's not a strategic plan to remove another country's industrial capacity, which is how OP framed it.