Commentary In October of last year, China’s biggest streaming platform, Youku, was accused of plagiarizing “Squid Game,” one of the most popular TV shows in recent history. Although the line between inspiration and plagiarism is often a fine one, there’s little doubt that the idea for the Chinese show, suspiciously named “Squid Victory,” was stolen. Should we really be surprised by this blatant act of plagiarism? Absolutely not. It’s common knowledge that plagiarism is very much an established business model in China. This business model poses existential risks to a number of countries, most notably the United States. In 2012, Tencent, owner of WeChat, was accused of plagiarizing an iPhone news app. According to reports at the time, it “copied design ideas in overall layout, photo viewing and commenting” from Apple. Baidu, China’s biggest internet search engine, has been accused of copying Google. Alibaba, with its “copy and paste strategy,” is clearly an Amazon rip-off. This …