The quote by Li Daokui in the article: "Don't worry too much about Chinese companies imitating you, they are creating value for you down the road" is probably

The quote by Li Daokui in the article: "Don't worry too much about Chinese companies imitating you, they are creating value for you down the road" is probably the best way of putting this. The world needs to invest into bullet train technology, the world is expanding and becoming more connected and yet trains have remained basically the same for the last 100 or so years. You take the risk of having your IP stolen by any country (China just so happen to be quite good at it). If any one country can take a new technology or method of doing something and ramp it up to benefit everyone, China is probably the country best suited to the task.