It's actually vastly accelerated this time around, China are already overtaking America as experts in certain fields. Because the Americans so helpfully moved

It's actually vastly accelerated this time around, China are already overtaking America as experts in certain fields. Because the Americans so helpfully moved all their manufacturing to China, they had to teach manufacturing and engineering to their Chinese workers to troubleshoot problems, and are now losing that ability themselves. Turns out when you're designing a product it useful to have practical manufacturing experience, which the Americans have lost.