In China, ‘Shanzhai’ today means imitation products that originally meant mountain stronghold. This word was originally associated with pirate factories producing duplicate products.
Who knew one day, China would be copying and stealing just about everything and be known as a copycat nation.
Today, the copycat business has entered every aspect of Chinese life. Defence establishments stand out among them. The Chinese strategy is simple, 3 R’s:
- Replicate
- Reproduce
- Replace
China has no issue with other countries developing products and technology. Instead, they are happy that other countries have developed the technologies that they can steal or acquire at an appropriate time.
This strategy of China saves them valuable time and money, which, if legitimately acquired, would cost them a bomb. China got benefitted by fooling Russian and stealing American defense blueprints regularly.
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