I didn't mean to suggest Chinese people can't do engineering or research, and in fact 'the west' here is a shorthand for 'traditional IP ecosystem' that properl

I didn't mean to suggest Chinese people can't do engineering or research, and in fact 'the west' here is a shorthand for 'traditional IP ecosystem' that properly includes Taiwan/Korea/Japan. What I meant is if you're going to compare IP ecosystems you need to be honest. The "Chinese network IP ecosystem" is not a closed loop as the diagram suggests but is heavily subsidized by innovations from outside of that system.