Agreed. Here’s a personal example from about 10 years ago. Imagine that you spend several years inventing something new. You put in the sweat equity and take o

Agreed. Here’s a personal example from about 10 years ago. Imagine that you spend several years inventing something new. You put in the sweat equity and take on opportunity costs. Then, your product seems to be ready. You’re very excited, so you decide to release it to the public at a popular trade show. On the first day, you meet lots of interested people. Some are American, some European. Oh, and several large gatherings of Chinese people also approach your booth. They admire your invention, too. But, look, and they brought along cameras, video recorders, a few people taking notes. Your heart sinks a bit. Are they really blatantly stealing your idea with no shame? You don’t know. Then, a few months later an (inferior) but visually identical product enters the market. Then a couple more appear. They’re all priced at a fraction of the price of yours... That was the reality a decade or two ago. Maybe it has gotten better. But, things like that have a tendency to make long impressions on the memory. My question is: does this happen in China? Do Chinese companies steal from other Chinese companies? Is it normal for Chinese people to steal from their friends, family, neighbors? Or, is this behavior only directed at the West?