The CCP won’t let those capabilities go to waste. They will incorporate them and become a more threatening economic power than they currently are. They are imposing their will on fellow Chinese. We are imposing ours upon hapless Ukrainians. Go figure.
Recent article on REAL economic power, with Russia as the subject, shows China easily #1 in the world. Russia’s power understated becuase raw numbers don’t reflect the essential nature of exported goods - energy, food.
US is in steep decline, and stuck there. Amoral leadership determined the US will submit to globalism. As long as they get their share, it’s good. Open borders, ship work to cheap labor countries, restrict access to local resources, control the message. It’s a soft tyranny, about to get hard.