Wait so is your friend also Chinese, or are you talking about Justin Sun?

If your friend knows Justin Sun is Chinese already, he probably knows quite a bit about Tron and maybe even crypto. But if you just decided to tell him Justin Sun is Chinese, it seems to be what gave him the idea thst this could be about race or at least cultural differences, even though he did most of this while in the US.

I do know China has a different attitude when it comes to copying and plagerising. I believe the term is fast mover.

Actually studying Apple vs Samsung and the whole debate of fast mover vs first mover may help explain or at least provide context about Tron amd other Chinese players in crypto. It doesn't really matter who is first, it matters who is best.

But that does make me wonder about anither point in Dan's article...why didn't Justin just fork Steem?

A split happened which may make some people a ton of money (especially those tricked exchanges) and has successfully divided a long divided community. Anyway, one can hope win-win.