Is China Getting A Free Ride On US Research?

An Applied Materials research lab in Xi’an, China. The Santa Clara, Calif., company is the largest supplier of the equipment used to make semiconductors, solar panels and flat-panel displays. Shiho Fukada for The New York Times

China Drawing High-Tech Research From U.S. -- New York Times

XI’AN, China — For years, many of China’s best and brightest left for the United States, where high-tech industry was more cutting-edge. But Mark R. Pinto is moving in the opposite direction.

Mr. Pinto is the first chief technology officer of a major American tech company to move to China. The company, Applied Materials, is one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent firms. It supplied equipment used to perfect the first computer chips. Today, it is the world’s biggest supplier of the equipment used to make semiconductors, solar panels and flat-panel displays.

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My Comment: China has the markets, resources, funds, infrastructure, people, and an open policy to invite companies like Applied Materials to locate in China. The US is going the opposite direction .... hmmmm .... it does not take a leap of faith to figure out where this is all going.