A society that has no respect for intellectual property and openly mocks it by duplicating / reverse engineering / stealing / spying etc, then claims intellectual property. No one sees the irony in that?
Why? That is what a nation does!
West countries have kept stealing / robbing the whole world for hundreds years, then require everyone to respect their property. Does anyone feel irony? NO!
That is how you country can win: the international regulation was set up by leading countries which would favor them own. The only way other countries can catch up is broking their rules.
In 19 centuries, USA is one of major intellectual property violators, now it is the leading country in intellectual protection.
Before 1945, Japan was another one famous for its reverse engineering: even their famous fighter--Zero was claimed by some western companies as a copy design. Does anyone even remember that today?