Lu Ban's axe and working with your Chinese suppliers
This was an interesting article!<p>At the same time, there are innovations out of China (that surpass anything which may have inspired it, or which they could have started out copying).  So judging by their output, whatever cultural issues surrounded:<p>&gt;For Chinese, this means you think you know better than a professional, than experts. It’s the act of seeing something and saying “why don’t they do this instead?”. Traditionally, this is viewed as extremely arrogant and certainly not something to be encouraged in children or anyone else.<p>does not seem to extend to the whole of their ecosystem. 
 I realize the author calls the above a &quot;traditional&quot; perspective.<p>Could anyone here who is current with current developments of Chinese IP and innovation comment on the validity of this general characterization?<p>The author in the entirety of the article certainly paints the Chinese culture with a very broad brush.  But as would concern readers here on HN, the only thing that matters is what engineers who might work with them think.<p>What do people here think of the perspective in the article?  For Chinese readers, do you agree with it?