A Typology of China's Intellectual Property Theft Techniques

After decades of ignoring the problem, the United States and its allies now comprehend the national security, economic, and political consequences of the torrent of intellectual property (IP) that the People's Republic of China (PRC) diverts from foreign private companies. However, democratic governments are not and can never be fully equipped to protect millions of their private firms, especially without assistance from the private sector itself. Governments spend significant resources protecting state secrets, but governments and private firms spend almost nothing protecting sensitive, valuable private sector information. Private companies still do not understand the nature, scale, variety or consequences of the commercial espionage threat. And government does little to assist them.