Distortion tolerance and corrosion resistance are well documented in the open literature. They'll get there.
It's a matter of time, like I said; eventually they'll catch up to the Russians and the U.S., as long as they prioritize the technology.
Take a look at the employees of the average U.S. engineering company. You'll see lots of their countrymen, and if you think they're all true blue loyal 'murricans, I have a lovely palace in downtown Beijing to sell you.
That's another thing. American companies are going to have to knock off this L-1 and H-1B wage-slave crap and start encouraging more American students to enter the engineering and science professions.
There should be zero -- zero -- native-born or overseas Chinese in any American defense-related industry, and that especially includes IT and IS.
Indians are one thing; the Chinese have proved that having ethnic Chinese in your workforce is a guarantee that PLA intelligence officers are going to come calling -- and a damn good bet that the ethnic-Chinese targets are not going to report the contacts. Wen Ho Lee didn't.