China’s Technology Ambitions Could Upset the Global Trade Order<br />At some companies, Chinese security officials conduct the inspections in corporate "clean rooms"<br />in the United States, with the Chinese officials traveling on business visas, Mr. Lewis said.<br />Rasgon said that You would think intellectual property and joint ventures would belong under Cfius review,<br />Wilbur said that There are a few U.S. companies that have been leaning too far<br />about sharing technology with countries that are potential enemies of ours,<br />Yet in an interview with the Chinese state news media, Zhang Yunquan, a top government researcher and head of the National Supercomputing Center in Jinan, China, said<br />that Sugon could use the work of the joint venture to make supercomputer microchips.<br />Where technology cannot be purchased, the government wants Chinese companies to extract it from foreign firms through deals or tough new laws.<br />When concerned officials in Washington began blocking China’s ability to buy high-end technology<br />last year, one American company found a way to help its Chinese partner around those limits.