It sounds surprising given the headline, but looks quite reasonable when looking at the details in the article:

• The requirement is part of a tender for €1bn worth of grants to develop batteries. It only affect companies who engage in this tender.
• This is in part a response, at a smaller scale, to what China’s own regime that "pressures foreign companies into sharing their intellectual property in exchange for access to the Chinese market. "

We need a western projection masterlist

lmao this is hilarious after decades of accusing Chinese companies of “stealing” tech from western companies. Which even if true would be cool and good.