AS ONCE THE WEST TOOK THE EAST TECHNOLOGY EARLY IN THE RENAISSANCE YEARS AFTER 1200 WHERE GUNPOWDER BECAME THE STAPLES FOR FUTURE MILITARY CONQUEST–FAST FORWARD TO THE 21ST CENTURY WHERE CHINA CLONES WESTERN TECHNOLOGY VIA SPYING AND STEALING IN THE INTERNET AGE TO COMPETE–AS CHINESE MILITARY HARDWARE TAKEN FROM RUSSIA AND THE USA TO BE USE FOR ITS FUTURE CONQUEST TO FORWARD ITS VISION OF COMMUNIST CHINA TAKING REIGN TO BE THE NEW WORLD SUPER POWER–FROM FIGHTER PLANES TO AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO 5TH GENERATION FIGHTERS TO STEALTH DRONES

Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV)

Chinese Lijian Sharp Sword UCAV

General Atomics MQ-1 Predator UAV (U.S.)

Chengdu Wing Loong “Pterodactyl” UAV

A Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II (U.S.)

Shenyang J-31 which was unveiled in late 2014.

Russian Sukhoi Su-33

Chinese Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark based on the Russian Sukhoi Su-33

…….“I think the big issue with all Chinese weapons – including copies of Western equipment – is that they remain untested in combat,” Eric Wertheim author of U.S. Naval Institute’s Combat Fleets of the World and a naval analyst said.
“We just don’t know how they will perform, so while they may be far less expensive than their western counterparts, many countries are understandably reluctant to take the risk of acquiring products that haven’t passed the ultimate test of combat. I expect that some of these systems are likely to perform as advertised while others may significantly underperform compared to their western counterparts.”

Although Chinese clone weapons may not yet posses the quality and capabilities of the originals, several U.S. military and industry officials have expressed concern that the ongoing sophisticated cyber espionage campaign will allow China to rapidly improve their arsenal and even soon produce aircraft that will match all aspects of US fifth generation fighters like the F-22 and F-35.

http://news.usni.org/2015/10/27/chinas-military-built-with-cloned-weapons