The same happened with my comment yesterday, but I refrained from complaining, later I got some upvotes. As of my last 10 year experience on HN, the average HN crowd I know will just read such comments and slide to next one.
Because it’s a ridiculous rant that stereotypes an entire country and people based on one anecdote.
Plenty of entrepreneurs have been cheated / outplayed in the west in the same exact way. See the recent controversy about Amazon meeting with / investing in, startup companies for the purposes of stealing and cheating.
On a sidenote, wumao exists in the west too. And it’s just as sloppy.