ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows that foreign technology-transferred licitly, illicitly, and “by various means”- fuels much of China’s development, reducing the cost of research and shielding its Communist Party and government from the openness that democracies rely on to fuel innovation. The authors believe urgent policy measures are needed to reduce the hemorrhaging of national technology assets. We also wish to ensure—to the extent possible—that the positive aspects of engagement with China can flourish. These goals are hard to realize simultaneously, given the CPC’s penchant for exploiting collaboration (a “zero-sum” mentality), then defusing the backlash with claims of victimhood. The authors offer a collection of remedies suggested to us by academics, corporate leaders, think tank scholars, and officials in democratic nations over the past few years.
