First they were leading in AI, China began to catch up in AI.
Then they were leading in Chip manufacturing. China began to catch up in chip manufacturing.
Now the US is leading in space so hard they look like the default for becoming a multi planetary civilization, and the Chinese can no longer catch up at all.
China is at minimum 15 years behind the US in terms of space tech, and there is zero ways to cut corners in this race and catch up with the US taking shortcuts and minimizing that distance. The US has a unique feature that China does not have. High functioning neurodivergent multi billionaires.
You cannot copy that.
China is now permanently stuck 15 to 20 years behind the US in terms of tech and 20 years in the tech field is a gap of 3 to 4 generations of technological innovation.
The Chinese empire is ready to go the way of the Soviet empire, reaching close to the sun then falling behind further and further as time passes.
Turns out in a technologically dependent world it is nowhere near enough to be the largest manufacturer in the world.
In a technologically globalized world being the largest manufacturer is the equivalent of being the largest exporter of raw resources in a global industrial world order.
The US continues to lead in the development of software, tech, and innovation, while China remains stuck competing to take over mid tier production of goods.
China could beat the EU but the EU was already so far behind the US that nobody expected it to ever beat the US.
China is going to be stuck at that mid range between the EU and the US, shrinking forever just like Japan before it.
China has 12 years remaining before it's economic slump hits. Not nearly enough time to overtake the US at all.
China will never be the world's multi-planetary nation state.
The US has won the space race in the 21st century.
The US is the capital of the human race confirmed.
If the US succeeds in mining asteroids, it would make the US the most powerful economy in the world permanently.
USA! USA! USA!
Take us to the moon. Take us to Mars.
Oh no the US has lost. It's video games are being made by Japan. 
Yeah lol. We have decided to do the more important stuff, like revolutionize the species and it's place in the universe. 
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