RPT-INSIGHT-Chinese firms pour money into U.S. R&D in shift to innovation
June 22, 2015 at 07:00 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, June 21(Reuters) - Surging investment by Chinese companies in U.S. research labs is yielding a fast-growing trove of patents, part of a push to mine America for ideas to help China shift from being the world's factory floor to a driver of innovation.