ORIGINAL: Panzerfaust77
That's fine for their manufacturing industry but it will hit them HARD when they try their hand at copyable digital media. I suppose that explains why the chinese software industry is non-existent! Without copyright law and intellectual property rights, we simply wouldn't have personal computers, the internet, digital movies or anything else.
I also have had conversations with a retailer here who has travelled to China to make contacts with their factories. Their philosophy is to do things quick - put out the product before others can, and cash in for that period until others make copies, then move on.
I'm not an advocate, but it is interesting to actually know the reasoning behind the differences. Sorry for the topic drift...