Maybe? I also suspect espionage, because it’s be a relatively easy thing to steal and than finetune to look like your own thing. Cheap labour is and was the main driver of China’s growth, though - otherwise they wouldn’t have the budget to subsidise much of anything.
I’m sure the story behind “cheap” is the same as that of Chinese metal. Sell it really cheap to conquer the markets with state subsidized money.
Maybe? I also suspect espionage, because it’s be a relatively easy thing to steal and than finetune to look like your own thing. Cheap labour is and was the main driver of China’s growth, though - otherwise they wouldn’t have the budget to subsidise much of anything.
I’m sure there’s people already trying to figure out if it’s a derivative.