For years, China expected foreign companies not to publicly voice their complaints about hacking or intellectual-property violations in order to protect their broader interests in the country.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
China not only does not support hacking but also opposes it.
There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.
If China wants to be a constructive, active player in the world economy, it's got to respect intellectual property rights or it makes it pretty impossible to do business with them.
There has been a rising tide of criticism about China's treatment of foreign companies.
There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.
When U.S. commercial interests press the Chinese government to do a better job of policing Chinese websites for pirated content, a blind eye is generally turned to the fact that ensuing crackdowns provide a great excuse to tighten mechanisms to censor all content the Chinese government doesn't like.
China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade... They don't have any compliance or enforcement.
In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to shareholders as well as to the Chinese authorities. They need to make money, they have to be efficient.
There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.
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