In the present day, this is a delusional take.

China has engaged in industrial espionage on an unprecedented scale. To the extent there is delusion, it's in American spies being slow to returning the favour.

Clearly you have not visited China.

Try it someday. You _will_ be surprised by some of the technologies there.

Yeah technologies they obtained from hacking other countries and their corporations lol

why spend millions and a decade doing R&D when you can just hack American companies and steal it all for free!

Interesting. What surprising technologies do they have?