[sniperjzp]

Internet related area, like payment service, on demand market, cloud computing, etc.

[elefanten]

Scale of deployment is not technology leadership

[TeMPOraL]

It seems we need to agree on a definition of "technology leadership" before discussing it further - otherwise it's too easy to keep moving the goalpost.

[varjag]

A fair definition of technology leadership is you are in the lead and others copy / strive for your achievements.

Not many actual breakthroughs come from China so far, even though they could fill a few Olympic pools with PhDs.