Admittedly, I don’t know the details of this particular situation outside of “yet another copyright / IP scam in China”. Culture is bigger than any individual.

Admittedly, I don’t know the details of this particular situation outside of “yet another copyright / IP scam in China”. Culture is bigger than any individual. IP & Copyright are not part of Chinese history or culture and were largely impositions from The west within the last 50 years. Something like 90% of all business software running in China is stolen. Additionally, Marxist ideas of collective ownership have left their mark. https://www.cio.com/article/2444480/it-organization/understanding-chinese-attitudes-towards-intellectual-property--ip--rights.html https://www.cio.com/article/2444480/it-organization/understa...