[T.B. Yoits]

It could be argued that we stole all of our technology from Europe.

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[GingisK]

Yeah, but their background came from European schools.

[GingisK]

My point in all of this is that the Chinese did not actually steal everything from us. A lot of it we simply handed to them. Then, many of their people studied in American schools and then returned home to innovate new products.

The learning process is global and always has been.