And you lost the game.
It is true that ideas move when people move and take their cultures with them. So far, China have been building what others designed. There is nothing wrong with that. But that does not mean China have been advancing technology in general. In some areas, such as supercomputers, China have gotten ahead, but then the US regained their leadership position. Then it goes back and forth. True innovation and advancing the technology would be if China create a new computer architecture, whatever it could be, and keep the lead.
Am an Air Force guy, so I will use aviation. What have Chinese aviation done other than essentially copied Western aviation with the C929? None, and there is nothing wrong with that. China is still young in aviation and with the C929, China done more than well. But if China want to actually lead in aviation, considering that China has practically no civil aviation compares to the US, not likely that China will contribute to aviation in general.
You want to see how much China has to catch up with the US in terms of general aviation?
en.wikipedia.org
We are looking at several hundred thousands private pilots. Myself, I learned how to fly in high school before joining the USAF. You are looking at a pool of innovation in aviation that China do not have, and as long as Chinese airspace remains under military control, will never have.
Aviation is just one area under the general 'technology' heading. China's tech is taking over the world? That is a laugh. More like China's products is all over the world. And that is all there is.