Last time I checked, China was a very large and quite diverse country. The comment has a touch of jingoism about it, but racially motivated, hardly.

See page 8: http://www.ncix.gov/publications/reports/fecie_all/Foreign_E...

Here's one egregious example of China stealing clean technology from the US (sorry for the paywall, but it was the best source): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311190337400457657...

There are a bunch of APT groups with tasking to steal IP related to clean tech, solar included.