My head isn’t in the sand, doorknob.
I was posting articles years ago about the car crash people laughing at the Chinese (Chery?) failing a collision test — you could hear the laughter by the engineers; and I think it was Fellowes shredders/printers complaining about the identity theft.
...for the nonce,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1786961/posts
and
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1841884/posts
date from 14 years ago.
That cherry car was 14 years ago. They are now the leader in electric vehickles. A cousin works for a company making industrial sniffer of chemicals. They were the leader. Now china is the #1 developer and maker of the product.
This now from a Harvard Study:
“From a research perspective, China has become a world leader in AI publications and patents. ... China’s global share of research papers in the field of AI has vaulted from 4.26% (1,086) in 1997 to 27.68% in 2017 (37,343), surpassing any other country in the world, including the U.S. — a position it continues to hold.Feb 18, 2021”
Do some basic interent research, china is kicking our butts in nearly every industry. And it is conservatives screaming about this Trump, Rubio, Cotton among many others.