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I'm not sure about this one. One of America's virtues is that she tries to play by the rules (emphasis on "tries", though). It's why we follow the Geneva Conventions. I really, really don't like China, but I also have a bit of a visceral reaction to the "two-wrongs-make-a-right" mindset that seems to underlie this statement.

However, the question also becomes important: if China stole American IP to develop these patents, does she have any right to them? I'd analogize this to the legal precedent of "fruit of the poisonous tree". This precedent states that cops can't raid your home without a warrant, find evidence, and use it against you: they obtained that evidence in an illegitimate fashion, so it's no longer valid. I could rationalize that if China stole our tech to develop hers, she has no right to that tech in the first place.