Except our money and infrastructure is going into other sectors. China has chosen to direct their resources into this sector. Simple as that.

> Kind of like how Hollywood boomed after they pirated all the hardware whose patents could only be enforced on the east coast at that time.

Hollywood boomed when money, people and infrastructure was directed to it. It was a conscious decision made by the elites. There are tons of regulation in hollywood. It's still booming. Using your logic, hollywood should be a ghost town. Ironically, your example proves you wrong.