> At first they didn't prosecute them, then they did but only for foreign companies Funny how that works. > Basically they had to play along to western rules

> At first they didn't prosecute them, then they did but only for foreign companies Funny how that works. > Basically they had to play along to western rules that were baked into global institutions Like making it mandatory to have a Chinese co-owner own 50% for all businesses created in China? I don't remember seeing that in the WTO rules. > Some further reading [0] could be a book like To Steal Is An Elegant Offense from William P. Alford for a longer history of the relationship to IP within Chinese society. Thanks for the book recommendation!