There's also the broader question of whether it's morally right to push the US drug patent regime upon the rest of the world - in this case, before the patents

There's also the broader question of whether it's morally right to push the US drug patent regime upon the rest of the world - in this case, before the patents or IP ever kick in from a legal perspective. This isn't just a US-vs-China thing. It's also a US-pharma-companies-vs-sick-people-everywhere thing.