China closing the tech gap?

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I think I disagree with you here...For things like this seem

circular. One people/nation uses up it's creative energies for
some reason and another takes their place for a time. I think
the United States is on the down swing and a nation/people like
either China or perhaps India who at one time many years ago
were on the up swing and invented things like Gun Powder, and
crude rockets can once again swing up. Still let us for the sake
of arguement say that you are correct and China and her people
can not innovate but only copy? What is the harm in that? Say
the United States or other countries that can innovate do..but
that means spending millions even billions on research/
development and the time and energy to innovate? Then China
simply copies for much, much less in raw costs and time? Take
stealth tech for instance what if China now that she knows it is
possible and can work not only copies it, but in the process
makes it better, or finds ways to utilize it better/different than
we do, and it costs her far less to do so, cause we burned the
train and in doing so used up a lot of energy/resources to do
so? Seems to me that..that could also work in China's favor.

Pagan jim

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