While defending Haier's strategy, Zhang Ruimin acknowledges that two constraints are already being felt even as the company gears up for international expansion: scarce financial resources and a shortage of qualified staff.
The win hands Zhang her fourth gold medal over two Olympics, after success in the women's singles and doubles in Athens and team and singles competition in Beijing, equally the great Deng Yaping's gold medal haul.
Last year a product development manager named Suibin Zhang at wireless-hardware maker Netgear allegedly spent two hours downloading 78 documents from Marvell's extranet, a site restricted to customers.
He is one ahead of two-time winner Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain, China's Zhang Lian-wei and Swede Fredrik Andersson Hed, the top four all 40 years of age or older.