Comment by hackinthebochs

>pacing between the us labs? what does that do for china?

I've seen no indications that China is in any kind of race with the US. They seem to be content to be 6 months behind and just copy what we do. They would probably be content with a bilateral agreement to pause progress.

The China bogeyman serves only one purpose, and that's to clear the way against anything that may cause friction with forward progress.