America and the Western world, including some Taiwanese, continually taunted China about her lack of innovation in new technologies. They always accused China of following suit, reverse engineering, plagiarism, and even stealing. Some "rational" accusations emphasized that Chinese people focus on earning easy, quick money but not on ingenious, time-consuming initiatives, and they may be good at applications but not inventions, and so on.
Are those statements objective? Please see the following report.
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