No different? Indeed, other societies have used industrial espionage and stealing in the past. But the Chinese have refined, funded, systematized, and integra

No different? Indeed, other societies have used industrial espionage and stealing in the past. But the Chinese have refined, funded, systematized, and integrated it into their development far more extensively than any other society, even the Russians, whose entire approach to silicon microchip development was to steal it and build a 'factory town' to develop based on the theft [0]; didn't work out so well. One could say that the Chinese are world-champion innovators in the area of industrial espionage, both in the effort they put into it and the results. The question is: now that this source of knowledge is being restricted, have they reached a point where they can 'reach escape velocity' mostly on their own? I think it is an open question. I hope not, because that will mean effectively another 'end of history'[1], except with authoritarian states dominating. [0] see https://www.amazon.com/Chip-War-Worlds-Critical-Technology-ebook/dp/B09RX5F238 https://www.amazon.com/Chip-War-Worlds-Critical-Technology-e... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Las...