"This would mean that China would prosecute and disavow IP theft."<p>There are (at least) three major areas where outsourcing to China provides economic benefit to foreign companies:<p>1 - Wages - Many Chinese are paid a wage that despite China having "minimum wage" laws are significantly below that of the foreign company's home minimum wages.  If Chinese workers are paid a "living wage" in parity with that of the home country, the economics of outsourcing to China take a hit.<p>2 - Environment - China for the most part has let enforcement of environment law (the law does exist) take a back seat to capturing business.  Covering the cost of protecting environment damage raises costs.<p>3 - Intellectual Property - Protecting IP increases cost and is for the most part a long term "foreign tax", not an initial capital investment.<p>Start doing the above three "right" and doing business in China becomes unprofitable for many.<p>The author of the article continues to express this as a one-sided problem: "We look forward to having China as a real partner in the world, not on its own private terms, but on terms well understood by global trading partners."<p>I support positive change in regards to doing business with China.  I do not see how this can happen without more objective discussion, which would include how "global trading partners" contribute to the problems.<p>I'm with swombat and maxklein on this one.  I'm going to start flagging HN submissions that only paint half the picture.