And what lies at stake is more than mere image. Says one foreign economic observer, "If foreign companies can't be assured their intellectual property will be protected, they'll be very leery about transferring their technology here."
要是不主動保護、「海盜王國」的惡名不除，則影響的不只是國家形象、國民尊嚴而已，還會「令外國企業不敢把技術移轉到這片不受保護的土地上」，一位美國經濟觀察家指出。