It’s Time for Americans to Stand Up Against China’s Technology Theft

An aerial view of bullet trains on the newly built high-speed railways in Nantong, eastern China's Jiangsu Province on Dec. 15, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images

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Thirty years ago, the United States began to open its doors to China under the “constructive engagement” policy. The hope was to help liberalize China and steer it to be a “stable, open, and non-aggressive” world player, as former President Bill Clinton envisioned.