The USA requiring China to invent something on their own rather than Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V the USA's work is helping them grow up. It's a long-term win-win. We don't "blame" parents for asking their children to grow up into independent adults, nor should countries enable codependent behavior.
Ok, it doesn't change the fact that since 2011, Congress has forbid NASA from working with and Chinese government/organization without explicit approval from the FBI and Congress.