&gt; China has near clones of the F-35 Lightning, the Comanche stealth helicopter, the best of Russia&#x27;s newest generation of tanks, etc.<p>So they say. There&#x27;s no way I&#x27;m taking China at their word. They&#x27;re only slightly less full of it than North Korea.<p>And according to the wikipedia page on the Shenyang J-31, it (at best) matches up with 4th generation fighters. Not the F35. They tried to copy it but their copy is only (maybe) as good as the previous 4th generation. Which is of little to no concern.<p>Which is kinda that point. Their knock-offs are just that. Knock-offs. And none of those IP theft acquisitions have been recent. Their F35 theft supposedly happened nearly a decade ago.