Adm. Richard said: “The explosive growth and modernization of [China’s] nuclear and conventional forces can only be what I describe as breathtaking. And, frankly, that word ‘Breathtaking’ may not be enough.”
Another Pentagon authority says “We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years. Right now, it’s already a done deal; it is already over in my opinion”. https://www.reuters.com/technology/united-states-has-lost-ai-battle-china-pentagons-ex-software-chief-says-2021-10-11/
The Chinese think, I’m told, that for China to win, the United States must lose.
Interesting things 
The Wall Street Journal says: China is on track to graduate twice as many science, technology engineering and mathematics Ph.D.s as the U.S. by 2025.
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Discussion of China vs US at: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/12/10/2012257/china-will-soon-lead-the-us-in-tech
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David Brin says, about their wanting to defeat the US instead of cooperating:
“This exemplifies in general how zero-sum and positive-sum societies and individuals find it hard to understand each other, almost like different species.”
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