[MrsPeaches]

As you say it’s a well trodden path:

American industry was built on IP theft[1]

British empire was built on IP theft [2]

Byzantine empire was built on IP theft [3]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Slater

[2] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea...

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_silk

[indymike]

This is the truth. We shouldn't act surprised when an emerging economy "blatantly ignores" IP norms for established nations.