[throwaway6734]

Achieve what exactly?

Where is china producing cutting edge tech? They've consistently failed at in house chip design and production over the last 50 years.

Most major tech breakthroughs are still coming out of west plus japan and SK.

[thesuitonym]

Where do you think cutting edge tech is actually produced?

[throwaway6734]

the US, Europe, Japan, SK

[CRConrad]

No, that's only where it's invented.

[Laarlf]

Comparably rapid growth of economy and political influence

[idiotsecant]

At the cost of enormous damage to the health of Chinese citizens, the repression of Chinese minorities, and rampant destruction of Chinese ecology.

Make no mistake, China is just as deeply sick as the west, perhaps more so - it just manifests in different ways.