They do, Chinese companies say they have the best EVs, they don’t steal IP, they aren’t starting wars, but the general western population is either too stupid or too crazy.
Canada is a great example of talk-talk-talk. The Prime Minister’s Office just released a list of 300 guns to be banned (including the T97) talking about showing the commitment to safety, meanwhile a dozen jewellery stores were just robbed, none of them with T97s surely.
People here are still talking about Huawei stealing from Nortel, that’s 20 years ago, totally irrelevant at this point. We were barely doing 3G in the world let alone a poorer China then, and it’s 5G now.
Another example from the internet, China stole the IP for the Su-27 and Su-33 prototype! Another stupid bit of history. A plane like the J-16D doesn’t even exist in the Russian military. The Su-33 prototype was 30 years old, smartphones were more powerful than the computers used back then to do the design. Materials and manufacturing are all more advanced, EMALs was basically sci-fi, but Westerners sincerely believe that China would be lost without it.
If people are going to be so stupid and ignorant, no amount of talking will convince them. Basically like your Marine acquaintance
