I simply can&#x27;t trust or rely upon a country where laws don&#x27;t matter. Sure, in the United States, money buys you better representation, as it does everywhere. But in China, Russia, etc. being disliked by the government can be a death sentence.<p>Start your company in China, fine. You&#x27;ll move to a western country eventually, if you get big enough, and China doesn&#x27;t reform. You simply can&#x27;t trust a society where the laws don&#x27;t apply equally. There isn&#x27;t an Apple, Google, or Microsoft coming out of China. Instead, you get Ali Baba and Weibo that clone American startups.<p>I won&#x27;t consider China a threat to American innovation until they get a true rule of law, democracy, and intellectual property rights. This is a tall order that won&#x27;t be fulfilled anytime soon.