Not yet. They are still 30 years behind. But seeing that we haven't done much in 30 years, we might as well be 30 years behind ourselves. Still, they have nothing to match the throw weight of the Space Shuttle. They will have to develop the BDB if they expect to compete or even to meet the goals they have laid out for themselves. It's still Long March over there.
Havent you heard the romuor about Chinese spies steeling technology from the US. Especially its a romour about that when it comes to the military. I heard for a while ago that the Chinese probably caught up decades of worth of technology. Didnt the Chinese send a man to space a little while ago.