> Since the fall of the USSR, the global zeitgeist has been that if you want to be a developed country, adopting American values in some form is necessary soone

> Since the fall of the USSR, the global zeitgeist has been that if you want to be a developed country, adopting American values in some form is necessary sooner or later. China is challenging this assumption and many developing countries will be watching the outcome. Imitating the leader is just common sense if you want to emulate their success. China has been doing it bigtime also. Central planners can do a fine job of catching up once the path is obvious. Train people with these skills and have them build these products. Just watch the news to learn how. But even if they take over their targeted fields, US tech will move on to new ones. To lead means to figure out what to do next, before it's the biggest thing in SV already.