Are you saying the Chinese are shameless intellectual property thieves?
Who knew!
I remember reading a story a decade or two ago about a plant in China that made Jeep Grand Cherokees. One day a Chrysler corp exec team went there to visit the factory and on the street they saw lots of people driving what looked like Jeep Grand Cherokees, but they had a different logo on them.
They found out that during the “off shift” they were still assembling the same vehicles as fast as they could, but just not for Chrysler. ;)
They don’t even try to make it better, but they sure can make it cheaper. Not just in the cost of the labor, the materials are chosen for minimal machining and of lower grade of structural integrity.
But hell, it sure looks good in the packaging that is virtually bulletproof.
Out here on the farm I have invented a few time saving, effort reducing things and made prototypes. People that see most of them ask why I don’t patent them and have them made for sale. One word: China.