I know it's easy to discard what you're reading as nationalism, but the Chinese have a long history of theft of intellectual property and protecting it at the state level. It isn't about national pride at all, for me; our industry is one that is directly targeted. A new iPhone is copied in weeks, and that's not only a direct shot at American exports, it's a direct shot at my work. Why should I put the work into innovating when cheap copies will flood the market?
There's a slight difference between incremental improvement and the economic espionage described in the article, though I grant you the line is fine. You're potentially starting to see more desperate maneuvers (this isn't the first, and I agree with you that it's a potential stretch) because it's really hard to prosecute most of these and it's been an issue for a long time.
http://youtu.be/K0bNf-jcVU0
I know it's easy to discard what you're reading as nationalism, but the Chinese have a long history of theft of intellectual property and protecting it at the state level. It isn't about national pride at all, for me; our industry is one that is directly targeted. A new iPhone is copied in weeks, and that's not only a direct shot at American exports, it's a direct shot at my work. Why should I put the work into innovating when cheap copies will flood the market?
There's a slight difference between incremental improvement and the economic espionage described in the article, though I grant you the line is fine. You're potentially starting to see more desperate maneuvers (this isn't the first, and I agree with you that it's a potential stretch) because it's really hard to prosecute most of these and it's been an issue for a long time.