Re: collateral damage?
Understand the differences in how each country works, China does not care for patents etc and manages to get products to market in 18 months,, the USA cares for patents and wlll you are still waiting 5 years later for approval to move forward......
Not trying to inflame your comment but understanding how country's people think is a good start to working with them
See silicon valley hardware on youtube to see what I mean and how the patent system is owning the USA for time to delivery (well lawers are making money)