Their space program is up and coming, but they have plenty of successful examples they have used to advance their technologies, along with outright intellectual theft, which is the Chinese way. Not to belittle their achievements.
Their ambitions and plentiful funds at this time are admirable, even though they are due to our excess and distraction. If their economy survives their own “bubbles” and continues to advance, we have nobody but ourselves to blame for falling behind.
they are doing what is necessary to advance their country. America is investing in social causes and environmentalism, which dos’nt move America toward a productive future.