"Without one of Confucianism's five relationships existing between two parties, no ethical duty exists for either party."
Importantly, personal relationships must exist for ethical duties to exist. . . With no appropriate personal relationships, the Chinese would view the USA as outside their ethical system, and feel little compunction about stealing technology."
So without a personal relationship, they will rip you off and you get shafted.
Wow, that sounds like a great place to expand my US company to.