>it’s not looking too hot for the west...
Personally I'm exicted to read about the vast majority of science and technology breakthroughs --whether they come from Europe, US, China or wherever. I stopped drinking the "my country's better than your country" kool-aid decades ago.
“Critical technologies [which] can be defined as current and emerging technologies with the capacity to significantly enhance, or pose risk to, a country’s national interests, including a nation’s economic prosperity, social cohesion, and national security”
So a level of consideration for the geopolitical implications seems warranted - after all, I’m not sure anyone really invests in hypersonic nuclear capable ballistic technology for the general advancement of humanity.
The benefits of a multi polar world are another topic of course.