If the Chinese achieve a breakthrough in Fusion reaction, it will blow all other forms of green energy away. And they will probably do it.
It’s only 30 years away!......................
The breakthrough will not be in Fusion Energy, but a different form of Fission Energy, Thorium-fueled Molten Salt reactors. Relatively inexpensive, and far more reliable than Uranium-fueled Light Water reactors, the Thorium reactors are much more flexible in installation, being scalable both upward and downward, that is, they may be built in a much more varied configuration than Uranium reactors, and with no chance of runaway overheating catastrophes, like Chernobyl or Fukushima Daiichi. In fact, such a runaway disaster is not possible with a Molten Salt jacket rather than Light Water jacket.
Up to now, technical problems with the fittings and suitable heat-exchange mediums have made wide-scale adoption difficult, but the principles are all known to a sophisticated atomic energy engineering community.
And - Thorium-fueled Molten Salt reactors can utilize “spent” uranium fuel rods as “seed” to initiate the reaction necessary for energy generation. Without producing plutonium as a side reaction, which is “burned” in the reaction in a Thorium-fueled atomic pile.
Why would you think the Chinese technology is even comparable to ours?
My guess is they are about 20-25 yrs behind us. Hell we landed on the moon 49 yrs ago and they managed to circle it just last year. We have about 25 Aircraft Carriers, they have one and that one is second hand. If they are so bright and technologically advanced why do they rip off our and other nations technology?