President Xi's mad intellectual property philosophy

You’ve got to give it to Chinese President Xi Jinping. He might be a despot who seeks to replace the post-World War II international order with a new version of feudalism, but the guy has gall in abundance.

Take Xi’s comments on Friday regarding intellectual property. He said that he had discussed intellectual property issues, or what he called “innovation cooperation,” with the United States. But then he observed, “The result of innovation should benefit the whole world, instead of burying it in caves hidden in the mountain. China and the U.S. have some disputes over innovation cooperation, but the key is to form a consensus through dialogue to continue cooperation instead of being suspicious.”