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Originally Posted by Proto
... you should read your history books more often. Or give a watch to back in the future. 
It is not until recently that Japan started to be considered a innovative and creative nation. Up till the 80's they used the same model as China. |
Well, okay, my history isn't that great. ^^;; Still, I don't think it compares at all with the censorship and suppression of new ideas imposed by the Chinese government. And also a lot to do with the fact that most Chinese citizens aren't as financially well-off as the average citizen in the rest of the developed world.
I mean, I see lots of counterexamples in here of plagiarism going in the other direction, but I don't think that's the issue because it's people who plagiarize, not cultures themselves. It's just that some nations may be in a financial situation where lots of people resort to bootlegging as a cheap way to make money.