"In fact, China’s industrial espionage is not a
passing fancy but the pillar of a long-term drive to become a global
economic, military and political power, with ambitions to rival the
United States. Sadly, the hopes of the past two decades, that Beijing
would become a fair competitor playing by international rules, have been
dashed.
It is a good first response to indict the perpetrators in the Micron case, and for Mr. Sessions to bolster resources and
attention to the threat. Beyond that, however, the United States must
see the Chinese espionage for what it truly represents: the pursuit of
superpower might by stealing the labor and investment of others. The
economies of the United States and China are inexorably entwined, which
will make confronting the espionage threat even harder. But it must be
done. In the end, China will respond only to compulsion."
