In the present things are fine, but IP theft is how a nation that is not yet at parity with the rest of the world will try to save a couple of years and there is much historical precedent for that. China is already changing its position on IP and by the time they've reached parity and will do as much R&D as the rest of the world they will be IP rights champions too. Big indicators are the number of patents filed by a country and the royalties derived from those patents as well as the production of media and such for global consumption.