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市場換技術

简市场换技术 · 繁市場換技術

Mandarin · pinyin shì chǎng huàn jì shù

market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")

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市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade
場: chǎng · open space, field, market
換: huàn · change, exchange; substitute
技: jì · skill, ability, talent, ingenuity
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场: chǎng · open space, field, market
换: huàn · change
术: shù · art, skill, special feat; method, technique

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4–3–4–4–4 · shi4 chang3 huan4 ji4 shu4

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