They wouldn't do that - would they???
Last year a mysterious shipment was caught smuggling Coronavirus from Canada. It was traced to Chinese agents working at a Canadian lab. Subsequent investigation by GreatGameIndia linked the agents to Chinese Biological Warfare Program from where the virus is suspected to have leaked causing the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/did-china-steal-coronavirus-canada-and-weaponize-it
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That may be the case for this ZeroHedge article.
However there is no question that the Chinese government has been involved in systematic theft of intellectual property.
These state agents did rip off Canada.