Chitchat failed attempts by prc firms to acquire strategic technology

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fujian grand chip investment fund (fronted by prc gov and pla) failed to acquire german silicon chip manufacturing equipment maker aixtron a month ago. reason: blocked by u.s. and german gov bodies.

go scale capital (another firm fronted by prc gov and pla) was blocked by cfius recently from buying lumileds, an led components and auto lighting manufacturer based in san jose but owned by philips.

and now, sanan optoelectronics and "advisors" from go scale capital declined to bid for osram licht ag based in germany. reason: blocked by german gov and german ig metal trade union.

do you see the trend and strategy of prc-backed firms trying to muscle in on strategic tech and steal it via hostile takeover and tech transfer? the technology is not about led and led components. it's what's underneath the making of led components, especially a strategic material that can withstand extreme heat, cold, deep temperature cycles, and super effective for high powered millimeter wave and radar technologies. the material is not expensive, and it's easy to obtain. it's the advanced manufacturing process that yields the component for miniaturized use and nano incorporation into 5g radios, radars, aircraft avionics, space and satellite equipment, and emission related tech that has the prc and pla interested. until now they cannot replicate the quality and yields that u.s and german companies can deliver in mass quantities. to win ww3, any cuntry needs to be able to manufacture the product and its derivatives rapidly and in large quantities. clue: the 1st of such tech espionage and "battle" actually happened in sg, with a ching chong chinaman tiong fronting a research institute in sg to try to "steal" a special manufacturing process from a u.s. firm. the clueless american who worked and was used by the research institute as single point of contact for liaison with the u.s. side had been dead for some time.


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