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The guy who stole the wind turbine software and gave it to a Chinese competitor was promised a 5-year $200k/year employment deal. Although, it sounds like he may not have gotten it in the end. (Maybe there was a clause about getting caught.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanlappin/2011/09/27/american-...
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/626683457/judge-orders-chines...
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You’re thinking about this the wrong way. These people are on a mission for Mother China. It’s patriotism and loyalty. It’s why militaries everywhere get people signing up for a “glorious death” protecting the assets of billionaires.
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MICE:
- Money
- Ideology
- Compromise/Coercion
- Ego/Extortion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Talents_Program_(Chin...
There are also local level derivatives.
That guy who edited babies no long ago is one of it, apparently he raked in hundreds of millions of both government and private investment, claiming he invented an industry-leading gene sequencing machine that in fact is a failed US product he bought from his professor.
Also, Huawei in their early ages stole one of Cisco router's source code and priced out Cisco with an exact same product compatible with Cisco systems, one Chinese academic invovled in modifying admitted it in an article. One of the role model stories.
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There's probably more than just a financial upside, but I imagine someone like this would pretty much be considered a hero at home (even if not publicly admitted as such). It seems like this issue is pretty systemic/coordinated by a centralized party.
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Basically, even if you make this alleged crime punishable by life in prison, will people still attempt it because the upside is so much?