If asians copy, there must be a reason. They are not educated to think by themselves but to copy and imitate without thinking too much. They are also educated to respect the stability of the collective pyramid so that it will not collapse. Thus, they are educated to respect authority, to submit to it, to obey and imitate it. It seems it is in their habits for such a long time that it has also affected their DNA. They just are like this. Like French are always complaining.
We could say with provocation, that when an asian imitates someone, he doesn’t do it by meanness but because of a confucianist moral. Because of respect. How different. By copying, asian conform to the group, stay in the same mold, don’t stick out nor create something that would threaten the almighty master or rock the boat of society. In this aspect, copy can be considered as a homage, a proof of belonging a group to strengthen it. When I talk about copy, I am not just talking about the bad quality copy Disney figurine made in China that will make your kid sick because he will put it in his mouth. I am also talking about a social behavior. A norm to follow, a place you must visit on a trip, a picture to show, a thing to bring back home, an event to celebrate.
Westerners take offense of chinese copies because their ego is excessive. Westerners only exists by what they think. A westerner thinks that an idea has more value than anything. Incidentally, he patents his ideas, because they can make him a rich guy and fulfill his ego. Making a better world by sharing an idea so that others copy it and improve it? No. Let’s go to the Patent office before someone steal what is mine. Just because one day someone had an idea thanks to a high IQ, doesn’t mean this is his idea. He expresses this idea but we don’t really know where it came from. The smart idea that will make him rich. The French are crazy about it. They value so much the process of creation that they end up being weirdos doing nothing like everyone else. Just watch one of their “movies”… if you can.
The second important aspect that allow chinese to copy without worrying is the absence of Christian ethic. Westerners ate so much of this Christian ethic for centuries that they would not be able to copy without having a moral dilemna. Morals, good or bad, guilt, the do-not-do-to-others-what-you-would-not-want-them-to-do-to-you, makes it a bit harder to copy, steal or scam without worry. Even if the scam is an easy one.
Asian don’t feel guilt as much as westerners and it makes them free. To make anything and everything. The ideology is spreaded through their DNA and culture and they somehow feel not as much responsible of what they are in this life. Asia is big, you can find all sorts of people, but this trend is quite general.
Finally, copy is essential to improve. The ideas that fell from god’s ass are not common or they are full of noises. Copying and imitating is the first way to learn. Copy allow the increase the creation power since we don’t start from scratch. Eventhough copying can be limiting, it saves intellectual resources and money. Copying is clever, let’s don’t blame chinese. Let’s set the human free from his delusion of greatness.