There’s nothing to learn from China. They “learned” their manufacturing base from the US, when the wealthy leveraged trade deals to make production as cheap as possible. China has no equivalent to OSHA, doesn’t value human life or safety standards, and has weak environmental regulations in comparison to the US. The US has incredible potential especially as automation gets leveraged but we’re forever hamstrung by our bullshit economics and “line go up for shareholders” system thanks to our corrupt politicians. We have nothing to learn from China except that totalitarian states are worse than our oligarchs.
In fairness, the reason garbage comes from China’s factories is the US corporations that place orders for consumerist trash. My subtle point was, imagine if China’s “customers” valued quality over cheap production. Ever heard of Chinesium?