In article ,
(phil hunt) wrote:


The Chinese have essentially become capitalists today. Just like the
Russians
too. They just don't like to admit it much.

Thieving capitalists who invent nothing and simply copy/counterfeit what
the rest of the world creates.

Didn't people use to say that about Japan?


I don't know. If they did, I wasn't one of them.


Japan does not have a history of openly tolerated theft of intellectual
property (media, software, etc.), and I think most of us would agree
Japan has created (as opposed to copied) a number of innovative or
otherwise excellent products (automotive, cellular, consumer
electronics, etc.)


The same cannot be said for China.

I guess they didn't invent printing then. Or gunpowder.



Care to name anything worthwhile they've invented in the last century?
How about last two centuries? No need to invent when they can just steal
and copy. At that (and taking Americans prisoner) they seem quite good.


--Mike