Ha, you western guys just talk like us. I never think highly of Chinese innovation, there's just pirate. It's much more easier to protect your innovation in west, therefore easier to publish your innovation.
There's pirating, innovation, and both. For instance, the ShinWei processors seem like Alpha rip-offs that got improved way beyond what Alpha did in last models. That's their usual way of doing things: pirate for headstart, then innovate based on labor at least.