Spiker,

Unless a major / well-known manufacturer of plastics / adhesives (Dupont, 3M, etc.) has set up shop in China, the best the Chinese can do is to try to reverse engineer / copy their fomulations. And in my opinion they are doing a lousy job of it.

They are loath to import even semi-finished products - unless those products will then let them manufacture products of their own. And it's only a matter of time before they will copy the finished products (like robotic assembly equipment etc.) that they are now forced to import. Their goal is to import only the rawest of raw products - and do all of the processing / value-adding in-country.

Litigation in China? Gimme a break!

Jeff Mackwood