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I don't doubt they have heaps of unique IP but you don't see it because you don't speak Chinese and they don't bother to translate it for our benefit.

They also have different values, so sometimes their movies and TV seem a little "off" for us. We don't find the same things funny, or heroic.

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> and they don't bother to translate it for our benefit.

There are organizations aside from the Chinese government that speak Chinese and could translate into other languages. I'm thinking specifically of any news reporting organization.

> They also have different values

They also span five different time zones. The values are no more consistent in their society then it is in any other.

The point I was trying to make is the financial incentives are just not there. It costs money to translate (and localize) IPs and unless they are really good, people here are just not going to like them very much. (because cultural differences)

Having said that, we do get some of the biggest games, movies and apps.

^ that, and they probably don't value IP rights as much as the western world. I might be wrong but I have the impression they view it as a hindrance.

Any chinese here that can share their view?

> that, and they probably don't value IP rights as much as the western world

No, that's actually completely untrue. Chinese (and Japanese too) has no problem to copy your IP, but they will fight tooth and nail to protect theirs. Nintendo is great example of that (look into history how they got big) for China it was recently when EU wants tech transfer in exchange for dropping tariffs on cars, which Chinese are not keen on at all.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202510/1345710.shtml

When you have no IP, you steal IP. When you have IP you make agreements with other countries to mutually respect IP.