China has been stealing our tech for decades. Just because they may have something on paper is a far cry from being able to built it and have it work. Some of their more complex systems like planes, engines, etc. are mostly built using Western or Russian components. For example, they have yet been able to make a jet engine worth anything. The Pakistanis have grounded several Chinese fighters because they crash or need constant repair.
What the Chinese call homegrown is often a mishmash of Western parts that they cannot make themselves. Some of these deficiencies are being exposed due to some of the technology now being cut off - like advanced AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. This is where they fall flat on their face and it reveals how far behind they really are.
There are multiple reasons why China is not ready for prime time and most of the reasons are systemic and run throughout the entire society from top to bottom. Massive corruption being just one. They have exerted great effort to have the world think that they are far more advanced then what the reality is. So the idea of China having the level of functional technology that is being implied in this letter I find highly questionable and unlikely. This letter fits well into the type of Chinese propaganda that they have been extremely successful in getting most of the world to believe. Sun Tzu strategy.
China has been stealing our tech for decades. Just because they may have something on paper is a far cry from being able to built it and have it work. Some of their more complex systems like planes, engines, etc. are mostly built using Western or Russian components. For example, they have yet been able to make a jet engine worth anything. The Pakistanis have grounded several Chinese fighters because they crash or need constant repair.
What the Chinese call homegrown is often a mishmash of Western parts that they cannot make themselves. Some of these deficiencies are being exposed due to some of the technology now being cut off - like advanced AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. This is where they fall flat on their face and it reveals how far behind they really are.
There are multiple reasons why China is not ready for prime time and most of the reasons are systemic and run throughout the entire society from top to bottom. Massive corruption being just one. They have exerted great effort to have the world think that they are far more advanced then what the reality is. So the idea of China having the level of functional technology that is being implied in this letter I find highly questionable and unlikely. This letter fits well into the type of Chinese propaganda that they have been extremely successful in getting most of the world to believe. Sun Tzu strategy.