I guess this cheating is sustainable as long as China's technology keeps lagging behind the Western one. Once it has caught up, well, there won't be anything to

I guess this cheating is sustainable as long as China's technology keeps lagging behind the Western one. Once it has caught up, well, there won't be anything to copy and the Chinese corporations will have to innovate by themselves. I'd consider cheating as a low hanging fruit for the countries lagging behind in R&D.