The Chinese never had an original thought. They have stolen our intellectual properties, manipulated their currency and managed to negotiate trade deals to their extreme benefit and our detriment.
The Chinese are so stupid they have used their own crappy steel to build their new aircraft carrier. After three sea trials its still leaking at the seams.I
The Chinese make cheap, crappy knock off products. In a head to head contest they cannot compete with the US economically. Trump is doing to China what Reagan did to Russia.
Robotics and AI are never going to replace people anymore than self driving cars are. They will not save China.