they are not innovators - they are good at copying and following instruction - remove the "drivers" from the West and there is nothing there - monkey see - monkey do - no disrespect intended
if thts the case - what about fireworks gunpowder - the great wall of china and all of the other stuff - the Chinese had a civilised society when the westerners were still living in mud huts
well whatever happens - there is a lot of Chinese money floating around the world and the Chinese are out there selling and buying and doing deals and they are BIG
"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a
person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as
possible" - Freeman Dyson