... are you seriously positing it is "too hard" to start a business in China (the fastest growing economy in the world)?

> let alone the fact if you have a successful internet startup, someone with more resources will make a carbon copy of it and there's not much you can do to shut it down.

Because that never happens in the U.S? I can think of a number of examples just off the top of my head. But I'm worried I'm confusing your point.