The Chinese economy as a whole, is at least 100 years behind the US...
And there you go again... predicting the demise of the US...
The Chinese mentality..."Carl Lewis and fat old Mr. Chen decide to run a foot race..." "Mr. Chen, not wanting to lose face, takes decided measures to make sure he wins..."
"First he bribes Carl... then he cuts his shoe laces... then right before the race he has thugs go threaten then actually run Carl over with a car..."
Then comes the race...
Carl, with no shoes, a fat bribe, and a broken foot due to an unfortunate auto incident... loses the race"
Then fat Mr. Chen declares that he is better and faster than Carl Lewis...
So...instead of competing... the Chinese sabotage... and try to bring the competition down to their level... 'so they have a shot...'