In terms of innovation it's hard to not notice what they're doing. Just look at smartphones, all of the best flagship phones right now are almost exclusively Chinese. Again, from just a technological standpoint- it feels like we've fallen behind. American car manufacturers are fighting so hard to keep Chinese EVs out of America by labelling them a security threat, but given how feature rich and cheap they are it just feels like they know they can't compete.

Renewables, Ai, biology, chemistry, robotics... they are building that SciFi future. I'm starting to learn Mandrin so I can go see it for myself. Adam Tooze inspired me to do so, said that the cross cultural polination is important for both people