Nonsense. They are still copying airliners and can’t touch us in engines.
I’d encourage a little different approach with China. They have over 300,000 students in OUR colleges, and they aren’t stupid. Asian IQ is averaging 105, a mere 5 points higher than average white US scores - we tend to be more creative.
But, consider the Lithium battery market, of the 2,500 lithium battery companies in the world, China owns over 2,200 of them. While the US batter makers are still trying to exceed ~350 W/kg energy density in the labs; China has 700+ W/kg in PRODUCTION for sale - last year.
When it comes to the robots that make these batteries, China owns 95+% of that market. They didn’t steal that technology, they beat our ass. They send their best over here to get their PhD’s in technology, to steal what they can (yes, we both know that happens) - then they add what they can and beat the shit out of us in the market.
Why? The US and capitalism is Risk adverse; where China’s socialism paradigm isn’t. That’s why they utterly dominate the Lithium battery market and rare earth metals market.