Damning evidence: He said that when his agency recently polled American companies on their experiences with foreign espionage, 50% of the 138 companies which responded said they had already been targeted by foreign spies, and 90% of those espionage attempts involved China.
Behind the daily skirmishes over tariffs, the US and China are gearing up for a longer-term battle between two very different systems of innovation. To win, America may need to start using some of its rival’s weapons.
At the heart of the clash is the role of government. Washington isn’t a bystander: For decades it’s provided the tech industry with legal guardrails to foster competition, and risk capital for long-term research. Still, no bureaucrat told Steve Jobs to change the paradigm for mobile computing, or the founders of Uber to disrupt taxi services. Many US entrepreneurs, when they look at federal agencies, mainly see a source of red tape.
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