You do know the differences between application code and OS code, right?
Of course. But from the sound of your question, it doesn’t sound like you realize that is not what is being benchmarked. In fact there is now way to even compare application code performance between the U.S and China, because there are no set standards by which to measure, nor is that code even available for review. As far as anyone knows, their application code could far exceed ours, so with all respect your question seems completely off base. Or more likely, a diversion attempt to justify our extremely sensitive U.S government code being put into the foreign born Linux clone of Unix, then given to the rest of the world for free.
I’m thinking not ...