I think you are misperceiving his point : All people that are the at the bottom of society are feeling the game is rigged against us (and it is) and don't embar

I think you are misperceiving his point : All people that are the at the bottom of society are feeling the game is rigged against us (and it is) and don't embarass themselves with what is perceived as the winners rules. China's little know bloody colonial history should prevent "us" from being surprised that "China" has little care for intellectual property, the same I did not care about downloading music illegally while big labels were filling their pockets. I can relate. I don't know why he took the example of Vietnam but people there have endured forty years of war and extreme poverty so I would not be surprised surprised if there is a con mentality floating around as it is the case in every poor part of the world and in every poor layer of any country. I do agree that the detour by mentality/culture explanation was not really necessary but I think it was part of his "step out of your moral frame" endeavour to make people that think "China is bad/cheating" shut up.