Which research says:
China is the top nation in terms of manufacturing output and the percentage of its national output that is generated by that sector. Poland meanwhile has the highest percentage of its workforce employed in manufacturing, followed by Germany, Italy, Turkey, and South Korea. - https://www.brookings.edu/articles/global-manufacturing-scorecard-how-the-us-compares-to-18-other-nations/
Top 10 manufacturing countries in the world
- China – 28.4% Global Manufacturing Output
- United States – 16.6% Global Manufacturing Output
- Japan – 7.5% Global Manufacturing Output
- Germany – 5.8% Global Manufacturing Output
- India – 3.3% Global Manufacturing Output
- South Korea – 3% Global Manufacturing Output
- Italy – 2.3% Global Manufacturing Output
- France – 1.9% Global Manufacturing Output
- United Kingdom – 1.8% Global Manufacturing Output
- Indonesia – 1.4% Global Manufacturing Output
Although the United States used to be the world’s top manufacturing hub, it has been over 10 years since China claimed the top position. With low costs, a large workforce, and strong production quality, China has a comfortable 10 percent lead on the United States. - https://www.safeguardglobal.com/resources/top-10-manufacturing-countries-in-the-world-2023/
Source: OECD TiVA database, 2023 update.China’s industrialisation is unprecedented. The last time the ‘king of the manufacturing hill’ got knocked off the throne was when the US surpassed the UK just before WW1. It took the US the better part of a century to rise to the top; the China-US switch took about 15 or 20 years. China’s industrialisation, in short, defies comparison.- https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/china-worlds-sole-manufacturing-superpower-line-sketch-rise
The U.S. Defense Industrial Base Is Not Prepared for a Possible Conflict with China..According to the results of a series of CSIS war games, the United States would likely run out of some munitions—such as long-range, precision-guided munitions. This would occur in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait conflict.
These shortfalls would make it difficult for the United States to sustain a protracted conflict. These problems are particularly concerning since the rate at which China has been acquiring high-end weapons systems and equipment is five to six times faster than the United States, according to some U.S. government estimates. - https://features.csis.org/preparing-the-US-industrial-base-to-deter-conflict-with-China/