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To be fair, espionage is a common thing throught history. This is nothing really morally wrong with copying from other countries.
By your definition, the US technically "stole" the atomic bomb from the nazis by "stealing" German scientists. I mean like... who cares.
Your argument should focus more on what the implications of what it means for China to become more powerful, not the "intellectual property" aspect. Like what jurisdiction? The powerless UN? Is it "intellectual property" if we find a alien spacecraft and didn't ask the aliens for permission to reverse engineer it?