China is a country with no natural resources, which was very poor until the West decided that they could use them for cheap labour. Because of that no corporation dares to question China's abysmal human rights record, or their rampant piracy; as China does not accept critism lightly, and as the saying goes, "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."

Are there repercussions on a society, for getting digital media (piracy), counterfeits, and rip-offs without paying the rightful