China is a country that many of us believe is only capable of copying and not innovating, hence the misconception. Size doesn't really come into it. If it did,

China is a country that many of us believe is only capable of copying and not innovating, hence the misconception. Size doesn't really come into it. If it did, we would expect similar outcomes with with other large countries like India (which is innovative in its own way, but not to the same extent), Indonesia (large market, but little visible innovation), etc.