From skimming your article... is it really innovation if the research and development is stolen from Western countries? >very small teams of engineers can obta

From skimming your article... is it really innovation if the research and development is stolen from Western countries? >very small teams of engineers can obtain complete design packages for working phones They can obtain complete design packages for working phones because those design packages were stolen according to Western laws and customs. >we also feel that shying away from reverse engineering simply because it’s controversial is a slippery slope It might be controversial in China, but it's illegal in many Western countries. >Unfortunately, queries into getting a Western-licensed EDK for the chips used in the Chinese phones were met with a cold shoulder So instead they decided that stealing the work of Western companies would not and could not be punished in China, so they just stole it. "Doesn't play nice with Western IP" sounds an awful lot like theft with a fancier name.