China’s Market-for-Tech Trap Breeds Corruption and Lost IP for Western Firms, Insider Warns

An insider says Tsinghua Unigroup’s collapse exposes China’s ethically bankrupt business culture and warns Western firms still eyeing its market.
China’s Market-for-Tech Trap Breeds Corruption and Lost IP for Western Firms, Insider Warns
A visitor to the 21st China Beijing International High-Tech Expo looks at a computer chip through a microscope displayed by the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project in Beijing on May 17, 2018. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo
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When a Beijing court gave former Tsinghua Unigroup Chairman Zhao Weiguo a suspended death sentence this May, it did more than bring down a once-lauded billionaire tech mogul.
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Sean Tseng
Sean Tseng
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Sean Tseng is a Canada-based reporter for The Epoch Times covering U.S.–China relations, CCP politics, trade policy, and emerging technologies including AI and defense. He holds a BASc in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia.