For me, any way put this, or any excuse or “reason” you can come out to convince me that GE should invest this kind of capital in China is pathetic. This news to me is disgusting. An “American” funded company investing such capital when its home base nation is going through such bad economic times is mutiny. If this is not clear indication that conglomerates such as GE are already “abandoning” ship (aka. USA) and seeking better seas then i don’t know what is. I’m all in favor of companies seeking economic opportunities, but serious, why are we feeding our own demise…

and I wasn’t born in this nation…

You say, “Of course, the clean-tech-friendly Chinese government is easier to partner with than many other world-leading governments (ahem,.. the U.S. government), making China more and more attractive to those looking to invest and expand into this industry more and more.”

Could it not be that GE finds China an overall more attractive business environment than anything else for all industries. I believe this might be the case and the clean tech area is just another group of businesses GE is leveraging to their benefit. The overall business climate in the USA is affected adversely by recent regulatory changes and uncertain future (ie. think Obama Care, raising business taxes etc.). Clean tech policies play a part in the uncertainty but you will find the overall lack of business attractiveness here is dominated by non-clean tech issues.