Ideas are the work of the mind. Good ideas are essential for economic growth. Companies with a research and development department (R&D) pay a high price for those ideas, supporting researchers with income and equipment while they do their work of the mind - in the expectation that it will pay off with great new ideas.
So it's easy to see why China would institute such a program. Consider the significance of patents. China was well behind the U.S. in acquiring patents (despite having 3x the population) until 2011. China's patents have soared past American patents since then
Recruiting talent is understandable. But stealing ideas (intellectual property) from those who have done the hard work to get them? A different matter.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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