[arialeks]

I am confident that most scientists would never want to work on any of the projects you've mentioned nor could China lure people in to work on such things.

Instead, just the fact that one day China might be the first destination for young talent instead of the US will be enough to give them the edge in their fight for superiority. Whatever the case humanity will see at least some benefit from these type of competitions.

[alabato]

You followed the news right ? They removed a gene from a baby not to cure him but just to experiment and see what's going to happen to him. This absolutely inhumane. This children had scientist messing with his DNA without his consent, just to see if they can create a new generation of more resistant humans. So scientists are perfectly fine with doing inhumane experiments it seems...