Ex-Apple Employee Stole Secrets for Chinese Firm, U.S. Says
Disclaimer: I am speaking from personal experiences and know that, despite these experiences, there are tons of Chinese engineers who work their ass off and maintain great professional integrity.<p>That said...my experience with Chinese graduate students has been incredibly disappointing. While they made up the majority of our graduate computer science program, most had no respect for academic conduct guidelines. I experienced this both as a student and a teacher, even having to meet with two Chinese students during my office hours to explain that they couldn’t turn in assignments they copied from others. They had explicitly asked me if this was okay, so I was happy to inform them.<p>I would venture to say that there is a cultural disconnect with the Chinese when it comes to the idea of intellectual property. I obviously cannot speak from experience, but it seems the political atmosphere in China probably contributes to this a lot.<p>I would love to learn more about how Chinese engineers (in the USA and abroad) feel about this.<p>Last note: has anyone looked at the website or Twitter account of the company this person is moving to? Their website is completely devoid of any actual information, and their Twitter account is a mix of horrible car mock-ups and announcements about their company raising millions in venture capital. ???