It gets really fuzzy about what technology is stolen, legally appropriated etc. Engineering is continuous improvement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapi

It gets really fuzzy about what technology is stolen, legally appropriated etc. Engineering is continuous improvement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid That was the original high-speed maglev train. The western market didn't go for it and development was abandoned. China took it and ran with it. So who invented it, really? And does it even matter any more?