Sure. Yes we have. Becuase our elite power-brokers and wealthy investors have focused more on "ownership of intellectual content" rather than than delivery of real goods. They have come to claim as theirs what can not be owned -- ideas -- and left the warehouse doors open to all and the sold the factories for songs. Literally ... for songs!.
How does your argument support the article's position that we "Ignored" China?
By the way, we make more on Chinese high tech shipments than they do. This article is about technology, not plastic toys at Walmart. Or tires, or other heavy industry, that our Unions have made us non-competitive.