> I have my doubts that they'd throw away all pre-acquisition IP just to be able to make this claim China doesn't seem to be above claiming that they "domestic

> I have my doubts that they'd throw away all pre-acquisition IP just to be able to make this claim China doesn't seem to be above claiming that they "domestically developed" technology that they really acquired from foreigners. An example I'm aware if is China's "home grown" 3G cellular protocol called TD-SCDMA. It was really a failed European standards proposal from Siemens, but passed off as an indigenous Chinese development for prestige reasons. See https://www.samizdata.net/2012/06/here-is-the-rac/ https://www.samizdata.net/2012/06/here-is-the-rac/