Darn correct. The Chinese steal everything, and never respect copyrights. It's in their culture, has been for thousands of years. The average Chinese person wonders what is the big deal, if I like what someone else makes I'll copy it. That's humanity's progress. The West's idea of protecting intellectual property is a recent phenomenon. The Chinese government does little to stop copyright and trademark theft. In China, Chinese car dealers will sell Chinese knock-offs of European, Japanese and American cars - and will even offer to replace the Chinese badging with the foreign badge nameplates. The parts are completely interchangeable with the foreign parts. China is out of control!
The Chinese steal everything, and never respect copyrights. It’s in their culture, has been for thousands of years. The average Chinese person wonders what is the big deal, if I like what someone else makes I’ll copy it.
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Here’s a list of things China did not steal going back hundreds or thousands of years; a list of things that first appeared in China:
http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/4sub7/item30.html
The trend of stealing others’ IP began with Mao and his CCP. Individuality, innovation are discouraged, among others. The Party is all, never wrong, always on top, can never be contradicted even in the slightest; the Party is inspiration, innovation, wealth and whatever other attributes it takes for itself; all challenges met with beatings, imprisonment, death, or worse.
There was a brief period when China operated in the ‘Grey Zone’ of openness and finances under Deng, lasting until the rise of Xi who reverted China back to Mao’s repressive and horrible policies.
The Chinese people know that their markets are filled with knock offs, aimed at ripping them off, but those are the only choices they have, unless they are wealthy enough to travel abroad.
China, since Mao destroyed every aspect and artifact of traditional Chinese culture, is obsessed with making money. A Chinese factory does not make a knock off because the Party members who runs the factory like something, but because he can make money. Making money is what modern China is about. Is why a starter apartment goes for US$1.5 million, an apartment young males have to buy in order to attract a wife, get married, make money - regardless of any job he may have.