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Or outcompete because it's state-funded, and can inject things like remote access (that the state might like the option to use one day).

It's really confusing that the EU don't consider this "dumping". I thought that was this big thing that they cared about.

I definitely would not rule out the occasional strategic bribe. China has a ton of interests in Brussels. Ditto the USA.

Chinese companies will get a factual monopoly no matter what, as long as they keep comparing imports vs domestics on prices. It's not like East Asian "subsidies" are going to end in 3 to 6 months, years, even decades. The imports from timbuktu will be just perpetually cheaper by being imports.

Wouldn't cases of possible corporate-enabled espionage, like the one being discussed be a big competitive advantage for the European companies, regardless of their pricing or scale?

And that competitive advantage could presumably give them more scale?