The Chinese have been stealing from Micron for over a decade. Below are just 2 different examples. Perhaps there has been an effort to prevent this and the Chinese now are trying to get access to continue the theft.

Engineers Found Guilty of Stealing Micron Secrets for China - 2020

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/engineers-found-guilty-steali...

US Accuses Chinese Company of Stealing Micron Trade Secrets -2018

https://www.wired.com/story/us-accuses-chinese-stealing-micr...