True. I guess their economy is so tightly wound around the rest of the world in terms of providing cheap labour and products that people don't really dig into it too much. It has effectively led to them becoming their own superpower and now being able to call some of the shots. Not saying that they have the right to break copyright laws, but I guess the relationships between countries are clearly not based on ethics but more about profiteering on each other's behalf. Apple for instance could moan about their products being ripped off but Foxconn for instance is a Chinese based company that pretty much chugs out iPhones dirt cheap, and I am sure Apple turns a blind eye to a lot of stuff.

I remember that incident with the blogger in China pointing out the fake Apple stores. Darn well sure Apple already knew about those but maybe came down on them just to satisfy European and Western markets.