It might, but it needs to be weighed against the active suppression of information flow into the country. I collaborate with researchers in China. They all report that, to search for an access scientific and technical work, they must use a VPN. To make a broad generalization for the sake of argument: in China there are often excellent implementations of contemporary technical ideas. In contrast, there is little true innovation. To me this suggests that communication and interaction are also important parts of the development of societies. The current Chinese model would seem to draw on both the pattern of control by an elite hierarchy seen in 19th c England and the liberal copyright situation of the German states of the same period.