The concept of strong IP is relatively new, and most people don't respect it much when it gets in their way. That's why https://thepiratebay.org/ https://thepir

The concept of strong IP is relatively new, and most people don't respect it much when it gets in their way. That's why https://thepiratebay.org/ https://thepiratebay.org/ and https://sci-hub.tw/ https://sci-hub.tw/ are so popular. On the other hand, many countries have laws on the books that protect IP, including China. For example, foreign plaintiffs in patent lawsuits in China have a win rate of 84.35%, higher than the 79.84% win rate of domestic plaintiffs: https://patentlyo.com/patent/2018/02/things-infringement-litigation.html https://patentlyo.com/patent/2018/02/things-infringement-lit... The real problem with IP infringement in China is that Western companies frequently don't notice when it happens, because they don't have contacts in the Chinese market. That's why TFA recommends the affected publishers report the infringement of their IP to get the app taken down.