I think you're oversimplifying. None of those things are actually a necessity to becoming an economic powerhouse. Intellectual Property is a construct which ex

I think you're oversimplifying. None of those things are actually a necessity to becoming an economic powerhouse. Intellectual Property is a construct which exists to protect the creations of the incumbents, and more often than not, people get ahead by ignoring that construct until they have enough to suddenly care. I'm merely pointing out that those with IP crying foul is the historical norm, and I'll extrapolate 30 years into the future when China has enough IP to complain about other industrializing countries "stealing" their inventions.