Yes, it is true that the Chinese steal everything, but I never thought that would mean seeds from Montsano, DuPont and LG Seed. Jacob Bunge, in today's Wall Street Journal, is telling the tale of two Chinese, working for DBN a Chinese conglomerate that has a seed-corn business. A total of 7 people will be indicted. Two people were already arrested and charged with stealing genetically altered rice. [U.S. Arrests Second Chinese Citizen in Seed -Theft Case http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-arrests-second-chinese-citizen-in-seed-theft-case-1404338788]
The Chinese have been hacking these same places trying to get what information they can about seed development and a number of other technologies of interest. Apparently, in the seed corn business, that is not enough. They felt the need to go out into the test fields of Iowa and steal the stuff right out of the ground. This is as brazen as it gets.
I'm not sure what is going on here, but it is the height of arrogance to think they can have researchers come to the U.S., fly out to Iowa, and start digging. We need to rethink Chinese coming the the U.S. when they are in sectors of the economy where they steal from us. They are all over Silicon Valley, working for companies that do defense work, and doing research in some of our most advanced laboratories and schools. We need to be thinking about a reaction to this kind of wholesale theft that keeps some of the relatives of corporate officials out of the country. We did the same with Iran and Russia, and it is time to do it to China.
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