Why does China copy so many things off other counties? How will this affect China in the long run?

<h3>Why does China copy so many things off other counties? How will this affect China in the long run?</h3>

Does this make China lose their ability to innovate? Why don't we do anything about it?


<strong>China best answer:</strong>
<p><i>Answer by Seldon Surak II</i><br/>We try to get them to crack down on copyright infringement, but they only make a token effort.
As far as that goes, it helps their economy and they are short sighted about any other aspect.</p>
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