China's IP Theft

> China has a long and well-documented history of IP theft.As does the USA. As do other western nations.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28330810

Can someone explain why China is hell bent on stealing IP from nations and companies?

Doesn't China do well partly by ignoring our IP laws (and having access to a lot of our IP since they're in our supply chain)?

also, China doing in IP what it's better at and way more experienced than USA - stealing.

China should stop stealing our IP and create their own technologywait no not like that

It's nothing to do with US IP, China does not respect any IP in China. An equal reaction would be for the US to not respect any IP in the US.

This is already happening - its called China. There's a reason they don't innovate in anything, and they are always playing catch-up, except in the art of copying (stealing) from others.I do think there are some serious IP issues, as IP rules can be hijacked in the US, but that means you fix those problems, not blow up IP that was rightfully earned

This has always been the case. America "stole" IP from Britain during the industrial revolution. China is doing the same now. IP laws are part of the legal doctrine of any country; another Sovereign entity cannot be compelled to follow it legally. So you use other tactics, e.g. membership in the WTO, which gives access to Western markets, to try and force other Sovereign nations to respect those laws.

Does it surprise anyone that China would copy someone else’s IP?

China literally steals IP from US businesses and uses the fact that they had no R&D costs and cheaper production to then sell those "stolen" products back to the US, undercutting the US businesses that invented the IP.This is not a "neutral" behavior.And this is different from the past when "every country stole ideas" because in those other instances the "thief countries" weren't generally trading those products with their target.It'