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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
That's silly: I wasn't aware that China recognized IP.
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I believe it was one of the conditions of them joining one of those world economic bodies, but I don't have the details to hand. Niall Ferguson's book "Civilisation - The West and The Rest" details the patent figures up to (I think) 2009 and China would pass the US soon afterwards based on the long running trend.
The main idea of pointing that out though was to make people aware that China is no longer just a cheap factory for all our stuff.