The last successful thing they built was the Great Wall.
And demonstrates how well they maintain military assets/S
Look around you right now.
Start with your computer. It was make in China.
Now look at your microwave. Your sofa. Your iPhone.
Look at your shoes. Your stove. Just about everything you buy every single day.
About the only thing we currently do not import from China, is cars. But we also don’t really export any cars to China, because they demanded we build the factories there in China. So they are building their own market up, and in fact they buy (and make) more cars than we do.
Practically everything we buy, which is manufactured, is make there.
WE need to start to worry about how we build things. The Chinese are doing very well, thank you.