> For a government to extort companies to give up their IP is to steal, no mincing words.

That isn't stealing. That is negotiating. You act like companies have a right to the chinese market.

> Chins wants to be competitive at someone else's R&D expense.

And our companies want access to the chinese market at china's expense.

> To claim this is some Robin Hood scheme that will bring equality in the world is to say stealing from rich countries is ok

The chinese aren't claiming to be robin hood.