"Perhaps no nation has presented a greater challenge to the Western paradigm of IP rights that China,which has been able to leapfrog into the modern age through the acquisition and exploitation of foreign technology in a political and legal environment that shows little respect for IP rights." "China's situation raises some fundamental 20questions concerning whether the credibility 11 2023/12/12 11 • “Perhaps no nation has presented a greater challenge to the Western paradigm of IP rights that China, which has been able to leapfrog into the modern age through the acquisition and exploitation of foreign technology in a political and legal environment that shows little respect for IP rights.” • … • “China’s situation raises some fundamental questions concerning whether the credibility of the position taken by most developed