concur. There is no such thing as 'partners' with an adversarial nation, lest home government are actual stakeholders in said partnership.
One thing I learned about during an InfraGard shindig (in 2017/18) is the 'thousand talents program' and it's far more sinister than a simple internet search provides.... If the IC can brief on this, then why is it still in operation
China has become wealthy and advanced because of Western "partnership" that should have never happened in the first place.
It is not a coincidence that most of their "advanced tech" looks like it is directly stolen from western nations.. Because it is.