Ah yes. Blame the regulations for busting up the union, moving production to South Carolina, then firing all the expensive workers that care about quality control.

Japan literally took American ideas and make them work. Japan brought over American innovators who were stifled at GM and Ford. They put in the production that killed Detroit.

Not with top down, hierarchical societal conformation. No room to foster innovation.

The problem is these new ideas cost time, money, manpower to create. Why would any person spend the time and energy to make something new only for someone to take your work?

Stealing. The word is stealing not catching up. It really doesn’t matter matter because China lacks the creativity and forethought to make the tech work. That’s a cultural problem.

A quality game for a good price that provides hours of entertainment is a good start.