I didn't accuse MTK of stealing IP.

I was pointing out that most games are optimized for the Snapdragon and Tegra families of chips. So unless MTK is "borrowing" the IP from one of those two, many games aren't going to run great.

Because China is an easy target for suspicion and scorn. An outlook heavily pushed and perpetuated by our (western) media outlets.

To be fair, there is global suspicion and scorn for Chinese manufacturing, including from Chinese people themselves.

Seriously, some of the most cynical people I know concerning China, are Chinese. They know what's going on...

S/he isn't saying that they are, simply pointing out that unless you believe that to be the case you should expect a performance deficit beyond what mere specs suggest.

I guess that by acknowledging the possibility they give credence to the idea? But the tone implies that the author does not believe in the idea themselves.

I am a bit worried about the performance of the phone, too. Couldn't find reliable benchmarks of the chipset, yet.