China has more than 3 times the population of the US.
Huge areas of China are extremely poor and likely can’t even come close to owning a computer much less have broadband Internet access.
And look at the “leader”, Hong Kong. One of the most densely populated places on earth. Duh...
China has captured a lot of our industrial sector jobs and their economy is growing much faster than ours. Are we supposed to shrug our shoulders and surrender our supremacy in information technology to Asia too? Can you suggest a strategy to reverse the trend - or are you saying we should just carry on as we currently do and continue to fall behind?
Availability is more important than raw speed. We don't have to have the fastest broadband speeds, but we do need the widest deployment if we are going to regain the leadership position. The one advantage we have is top-quality content. But if we don't have a way to deliver it, that could change too.