Retailer Innovation in China

MJ Perry about Innovation in China.   Where he quotes:  WSJ Asia Technology article "China Frets: Innovators Stymied Here"  ... How likely is it?   Our own experience with retail  innovation in China seemed to indicate their desire to copy rather than come up with things that were truly  new.  Yet once the direction was chosen, they could be remarkably tenacious.   They could be unabashed about taking advice,  as consultants we were shown in the annual report of a major Chinese retailer.