While the stealing part is likely true, everytime a Westerner has dismissed the innovation ability of China, they've typically been wrong. China has long passed

While the stealing part is likely true, everytime a Westerner has dismissed the innovation ability of China, they've typically been wrong. China has long passed the phase of being an imitator with low cost manufacturing abilities, and matured into an innovator. There probably is still a cultural tolerance of IP theft, but that too will pass in a decade