<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>Leary</author><text>Francis Cabot Lowell, who was instrumental behind the industrialization of the US, visited textile plants in the UK and committed their designs to memory, which were later introduced to the famed Lowell textile plants in Massachusetts.&lt;p&gt;At the time (1826), America&amp;#x27;s per capita GDP was $2,460, which is 68% of the UK&amp;#x27;s per capita GDP of $3,600. Today, China&amp;#x27;s per capita GDP is $16,000, or 29% of of the US&amp;#x27;s per capita GDP of $55,000.</text><parent_chain><item><author>YorkshireSeason</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a gentlemen&amp;#x27;s agreement between nations that this is permissible for poor nations. China is no longer poor and now must act like a wealthy nation and accept IP laws.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Companies</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-systematically-pries-technology-from-u-s-companies-1537972066</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>triangleman</author><text>According to Wikipedia[0] China GDP(PPP)&amp;#x2F;capita is $16,624, just below Dominican Republic and Iraq. Not sure that&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;wealthy&amp;quot; quite yet.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>YorkshireSeason</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a gentlemen&amp;#x27;s agreement between nations that this is permissible for poor nations. China is no longer poor and now must act like a wealthy nation and accept IP laws.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>How China Systematically Pries Technology from U.S. Companies</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-systematically-pries-technology-from-u-s-companies-1537972066</url></story>