Commentary Two years ago, U.S.-China relations started to deteriorate significantly. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has always blamed former President Donald Trump for the deterioration, especially on topics such as the cold war and U.S.-China friendship. There is one issue, however, that the CCP has never mentioned: the dispute over China stealing U.S. technology secrets. Intellectual property (IP) theft is the one topic that the CCP is most unwilling to talk about, and it is the main issue that highlights the complexity in U.S.-China relations. The Core Issue Is the CCP’s Theft of Technology Secrets, Not the Trade War China has a long history of stealing U.S. technology secrets. This is not a “competition” between powers as President Joe Biden suggests, but a deliberate and serious violation of U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR) by the CCP. This was evident and worsened during the Obama era. Beijing even incorporated such thefts, …