All's not well in China, page-57

Yes one does not have to work for the CIA or MI6
to see the striking resemblance of military hardware for a start.

Countless examples exist down to the basest of products.
One glaring example of Chinese theft of Australian invention was that of the Lucas Saw Mill.

There are probably thousands of examples, it is well known and the world is responding.
At times it seems Western "black ops" allows the theft of substantial amounts of invention and tech because the next gen stuff is in the pipeline for release,
thereby rendering the copycat stealers
wasting time and effort perfecting 'old hats'.

Just because one invented gunpowder means nothing in the new stakes.
Relying on them being behind in tech would of course be foolhardy too, however better containment of theft must be enabled.
The Covid 19 SNAFU shows that the Chinese were as skilled as the US in making a BS 'product' and 'remedy'
Any trust in the hierarchy of either of these shitstain governments is ill founded IMO.