re: U.S. companies are finding out they don't own their own factories in China

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Pretty sure these companies knew they did not really own the factories. I don’t their lawyers would let something like that slip through. They know at the onset that China owns the factory.

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Agreed. Part of the price of doing business in China was/is being forced to "partner" with a Chinese business (which means their government, in practice if not in fact) and "sharing" your IP, etc.