China in general doesn't really seem to care about foreign intellectual property rules. Their entire MO seems to be copying existing designs and finding ways to produce them more cheaply.
Agreed. My brain sort of divides two known Asian countries we buy a lot from (others omitted to reduce info overload and comment length).
Japan - think, innovate, practice, sell, reduce costs to be able to do business with whatever means you feel are necessary, but play fair on the market.
China - take ideas, copy them, change them a hair but not much, cheapen the labor costs associated with them to the n'th degree, always be "lowest cost".
Referencing the second, I don't think they know how to invent or innovate modern stuff. It's always been SO easy to copy and rebrand for sale at a lower price than all competitors that they never had to learn how to think in a different way. Sounds familiar to something going on right now......... *sniff*