> It's that China has protectionist impulses

So do US juries, hence the Apple lawyers continually referring to Samsung as Samsung Korea.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/as-4th-trial-near...

The idea that China is doing anything that the US wouldn't is ridiculous, every country engages in this stuff the only difference how is complex the US, UK and other Western countries do it. China does it simplistically and obviously, but meh... every country does it, and Apple have been wrong to encourage this stuff to their advantage when everything comes around eventually.