How about top four?
Paper, printing, gunpowder and compass.
Paper, printing, gunpowder and compass.
Seems like apples to oranges, assuming the implied comparison is with western post-industrial age nations, which began industrializing centuries ago, as compared to decades ago with China.
I’m sure the list is much longer than 10, that’s why I asked for the top 10. I’m talking about IP from the last, say, 20 years.