The question is whether cloning and weak IP protection is good for people, everywhere, including people of China.
And i don't think there's an easy answer to that one.
Everything is academic and sterile from almost any other perspective.
Government sponsored theft --which is what's happening in China-- is a massive destructive force. It is good in China because it brings in billions of dollars from all around the globe. That's why the Chinese government doesn't do a thing about it. They "sponsor" it do the extent that inaction becomes indistinguishable from sponsorship.
I can write emotionally-charged anecdotes too, see. The question is whether the benefits outweigh the negatives. Everything is exaggerated, politicized bullshit from almost any other perspective.
I have competed with multi-billion dollar multinationals from my garage with 0.001% of their budget on hand. Does bad shit happen? Sure.
The topic you seem to want to discuss is valid and should be discussed. Stop trying to make it equivalent to IP theft and cloning from China. Two very different things. If you can understand the differences then there's a conversation to be had.