You're right. Many Japanese products started out as copies of products from other companies in the West. However, within a few years, those same Japanese companies were producing original designs with no derivatives of foreign products.
Has China gotten to that point yet? imo, it's really hard to achieve when you have a more collectivist culture vs an individualistic one that's ruled by an authoritarian government.
Has China gotten to that point yet? imo, it's really hard to achieve when you have a more collectivist culture vs an individualistic one that's ruled by an authoritarian government.