Calli,
To be more clear, this article is really talking about China trying to catch up to even Japan’s aerospace industry, which heavily depends on the US.
If and when China ‘beats’ Japan, and they won’t if the Japanese have anything to do with it, then they will be well positioned to BEGIN to TRY to catch up with the American aerospace industry.
But it’s not today.
I guess that explains all of the Chinese dishwashers' contributions to Hillary's campaign.