So far, in my industry, (Land mobile radio, formerly known as 'two-way radio'), China has not done that at all. Their products are obviously stolen, copied. We at Kenwood have factories there, the subcontracting factories are selling the boad layout and design to third-rate entities who are duplicating them using cheap parts and shoddy workmanship and offering clones.

IT is bad enough that Kenwood is now building stuff in Singapore, Japan and other countries in an attempt to thwart China's efforts. If you google "Motorola versus Hytera", you can see how far this has gone.

So far, I do not see what you are describing. The cultural and economic differences between Japan and China are, in my view, huge. Perhaps someday, but not now1