<P> In March 2011, James Dyson reportedly said in an interview for The Sunday Times that British universities were allowing Chinese nationals to study engineering and spy on the departments where they were working, enabling them to take technology back to China after completing their studies . In the interview he was quoted as saying that "Britain is very proud about the number of foreign students we educate at our universities, but actually all we are doing is educating our competitors . (...) I've seen frightening examples . Bugs are even left in computers so that the information continues to be transmitted after the researchers have returned home ." </P> <P> David Willetts, the government minister responsible for British universities, said he would thoroughly investigate the statement provided by James Dyson . He has also criticised the Chinese authorities for failing to act on patent infringements . </P> <P> In December 2011, The Independent reported that Bell Pottinger executive Tim Collins had been filmed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism saying that David Cameron had raised a copyright issue with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao on behalf of Dyson Limited "because we asked him to". </P> <P> In 2012, Yong Pang, an engineer specialist in electric motors, was accused of stealing Dyson's digital motor technology which was a part of future product development projects . The motors, in development over 15 years, incorporated microchip "digital impulse technology" to spin at 104,000 rpm in order to draw high volumes of air through the appliance, and were not licensed to any other companies . Yong Pang and his wife Yali Li allegedly set up a front company "ACE Electrical Machine Design" to receive payments of £ 11,650 from Bosch while Pang was working for Dyson . Dyson claimed that trade secrets were passed to Bosch's Chinese motor manufacturer . </P>

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