The Chinese are thinking in terms of generations - lots of them. The very long view, with a concerted plan to accomplish that.
Our leaders don’t look beyond the next election, and how many after that it is until they can amass enough graft and greed to keep them comfortable in their waning years.
If only we had better central planners than they do! Look what central planning did for the Soviets, Cubans, North Koreans and Venezuelans.
I mean how can conservatives be so stupid as to believe in central planning?