Is there a competition between China and the US to drone the Middle East I don’t know about? I certainly won’t feel badly when the technology is instead develop

Is there a competition between China and the US to drone the Middle East I don’t know about? I certainly won’t feel badly when the technology is instead developed by another company and used to bomb non-combatants in Pakistan. It’s not miliatary contracts I have a problem with, it’s this particular program, this particular method.