>>712948275China now leads the world in several areas like AI research and drug discovery. The US govt has cited these areas as imminent grave threats to American power and the US led world order etc.
See current US Secretary of state Marco Rubio's assessment: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Marco-Rubio-The-World-China-Made.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiY_t7uzPmNAxV4DTQIHdU5Gw8QFnoECCAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2pP9cEpOvAxQYtGP286APV