For centuries, trade secrets have been guarded like treasures. From the handwritten recipe locked in a safe to password-protected digital files, companies have always relied on physical barriers, trust, and paperwork to protect what matters most. Yet, as businesses expanded globally and digital collaboration became the norm, these traditional methods started showing cracks. A confidential formula stored on a local server can be copied in seconds. A database record can be sile

In the 21st century, the race for power isn’t just about armies, oil, or trade. It’s about ideas  and the patents that protect them. On that battlefield, China has pulled off one of the boldest transformations of our time. In the 1990s, China was still branded as the “world’s factory,” famous for making other people’s products cheaply. Today, it files nearly half of the world’s patents and is home to corporate giants like Huawei, BYD, CATL, Alibaba, and Tencent. But here’s th

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