“It uses production technologies stolen from Apple.”
Actually, the contact manufacturers working for Apple have gone far beyond what Apple was doing when they made things themselves. I don’t think that any company on the planet has the capabilities of Foxconn. They learned from everyone. And, they have a nearly unlimited supply of hard workers.
Western business was lured to China by a promise of its market. A promise never intended to be honored by China’s government, which IS China’s business.
It is amazing how much you can get from a greedy Capitalist when international patent law and human rights mean nothing to you.
Still, I was rather looking forward to China’s space program. I expected the spectacle of carnage to make the Evil Kenevil of my youth look like some kind of expert on safety.