Did China steal American know how in order to produce their own stealth fighter? Probably ! Why spend gazzillions on reaseach and development when some techie can steal the plans for a few bucks?
Russia did it to the UK passenger plane industry so hy should China not do the same? America certainly would so why complain.
Britain produce the BAC 1-11 and the DeHaveland Trident and both appeared in Aeroflot colours named as Tupelevs within a couple of years. The French produced the Sud Aviation Caravelle which was an almost exact copy of the 1-11 very quickly too. The Russians even copied Concorde which was called Concordski. It failed because, rumour has it, the Russians were deliberately sold rubbish drawings. Oh the Americas had a go too with the Boeing SST which as another dismal failure.
European plane makers had learned their lessons the hard way over the 1-11 and Trident fiascos.
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