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1、OCTOBER31,2011,11:37PMChina’sCopycatCultureByALEXANDRAHARNEYThisisthefirstpostinLatitude.Readmoreabouttheblog»HONGKONG—Ifyou’reworriedaboutChinaovertakingtheUnitedStatesasoneoftheworld’sleadinginnovators,considerthis:WhileAmericansmournedthepassingofSteveJobslastmonth,theChinesehadjustf
2、inishedclosingnear-perfectcopiesofAppleretailoutletsinthesouthwesterncityofKunming.Whileonecountrycelebratedamanwhorepresentedthreedecadesofnewideas,anotherwasstillplayingwhack-a-molewithcompaniesthatdonothingmorethancopy.CHINATOPIX,viaAssociatedPressAstoreinKunming,China,posingasanoffi
3、cialAppleoutlet.ThisisnothowBeijingwouldlikethingstogo.Forseveralyears,Chineseofficialshavebeenrollingoutanambitious“indigenousinnovation”policythataimstotransformChinaintoatechnologypowerhouseby2020.They’veturnedonafirehoseoffunding,dousingsectorsasdiverseasgenomesequencing,coal-bedmet
4、hane,nanotechnologyandnuclearpower.They’vewooedtopChinesescientistsbackfromabroadandwarnedresearchersinstatelabstopublishorperish.Onpaper,thisstrategywouldappeartobeworking.Lastyear,Chinafiled12,337internationalpatents,a56percentincreasefromtheyearbefore.TheChinesetelecommunicationsequi
5、pmentmakersZTEandHuaweirankamongthetopfivepatentfilersintheworld,accordingtotheWorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization.ButtheharderBeijingpushesitscompaniesandscientiststocomeupwithnewideas,themoretheyseemtocopytheworkofothers.InsteadofthenextApple,BeijingisgettingtheApplePeel,theAppleSto
6、er,andtheBlockBerry.Ofcourse,technologyhasalwaysspreadbyadoptingtheinnovationsofothers.ThejourneymenofmedievalEuropetraveledaroundworkingwithdiversemasterstolearnnewtechniques,andJobsgothisinspirationforscreenmenusandthemouseonavisittoXerox’sresearchlabin1979.ButtoooftenChina’spurposeis
7、nottobuildonwhatthecompetitionhasdone,butsimplytostealitsworkandunderpriceit.Inanationwithsuchbreakneckeconomicgrowthandanoverburdenedjudicialsystemthedishonestfrequentlywin.Thesystemtoprotectthehonestsimplyisn’trobustenough.Dishonestcopiersmovequicklytosecureanadvantageinarapi
