SenKat_Stonetek said:
[quote author=spyrorocks link=1213494658/0#2 date=1213496157]They copied wicked because most Chinese companies copy eachother.
Would you call me racist if I said in general, the Chinese are not very creative, as they can improve things but not create in the first place?
No - I wouldn't call you racist - just uninformed. God knows what everyone else will think though - I mean, I was accused of being racist for allegedly calling someone (not even a freaking native of that area - DUH) a coconut eater....I guess anyone can be stupid and call people racists for any reason - but I don't think you are in danger of the
R word being flung at you.
Dude - writing that small is kinda silly...it pains these old eyes (undamaged by lasers, thank you very much) but it's hard to figure it out unless you quote you... Bigger is better for typed stuffs for me
Wow ! Another SenKat novel when a simple Yes or No woulda sufficed

Sorry about that

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Funny I quite agree with everyone on this one.
1) If you are copied, it means you have come up with a brilliant idea, and it is a way of a traditional confucian society of saying well done.
Same happens here in Korea. People copy each other or modify an idea because they think.. ah nice idea. Then the idea becomes a viral concept in the population.
2) Creativity is generally suppressed because it is not the way of the education system here.
This is gradually changing. IT IS DOWNRIGHT FRUSTRATING AT TIMES!! My students are very very creative btw!
3) Chinese and Koreans are very creative people. It is just that there is a status level attached to money. If the idea makes one wealthy you can gain social status by it so, then they copy it... problem .. if people copy an idea too much they destroy each others businesses. It happens here with Hagwons (academies). If one person opens a Hagwon, 20 other people will copy it and open beside the original business and try and outdo each other. ( put your western ethics aside.. it doesn't compute here!!!)
Both Korea and China are developing economies... Korea is further ahead but still struggling, China is MUCH further behind!!
I hope this explains the mystery to you.
I have asked many times to people here about copy-catting..
( Same same but different)