>>13156332Copying leads to improvements in cultures with an understanding of innovation, creativity and independent thought. China isn't exactly known for any of those things and have a well-deserved reputation as IP thieves who fail to innovate and build upon most of the things they steal.
One of the few places they seem to be pulling ahead of the West is in biotech and gene manipulation, although that probably has more to do with the fact that most of the science is known and understood already, and thus the only thing holding back the West is our unmerited fears about 'muh ethics' and 'muh eugenics' and 'muh mustard race shoahing the 6 gorillion all over again oy vey'. Bugmen have the advantage of having no such ethical qualms and will happily make genetic supermen.
