There may be no more important question for the West’s competitive position in advanced industries than whether China is becoming a rival innovator. While the evidence suggests it hasn’t yet taken the overall lead, it has pulled ahead in certain areas, and in many others Chinese firms will likely equal or surpass Western firms within a decade or so.
The US Empire is orders of magnitude worse than the PRC and relies on imperialism to function. It exports terror and genocide while importing plunder from the global south. It isn’t close.