[Words]

so you're saying they weren't industrial spies?

They might be and they might not. You want to argue a moot point?
What prompted that responce was constant tying of Israel to China as mode of Israel-bashing, while omitting that it was the US own Clinton administration, which armed China with strategic capabilities.

[CzarNicky]

Granted at least Israel got paid for selling stuff to China. Only Clinton got the money in our case.