Which way is the wealth flowing?

"The Chinese have a need for vast amounts of software as their country rapidly industrializes,
they have reasons to prefer software which is not controlled by American corporations, and
they have been coming under some pressure from those same corporations to do something about
their little habit of copying proprietary software without much regard for details like
license agreements."

Yes, but look at the trade numbers -- the US is sending the PRC about an IBM and a half of
wealth each year.  By the time they're paying up on their proprietary software licenses,
they'll own the big proprietary software companies anyway.