Have copyright patents not been the core of American culture and power? For decades the government of the United States, as well as companies all throughout the West have accused China of stealing ideas and technology. Then that tech is made at a fraction of a cost and western companies haven't been able to compete; some going straight out of business. Canadian telecommunications company and once-a-tech-giant Nortel was hacked and had their patented products reproduced directly by Chinese company Huawei. Nortel was forced to shut down and many lost their jobs.

That the Chinese government even encouraged their people and companies to do so, while pretending with the West as if they weren't, was an insult. Then a further humiliation of the West was that everyone continued to buy Chinese goo

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