[China] - Might hi-tech China restore the United States rust belt-- and consistent superpower ties

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China could draw on its innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve business – and overall – ties with the United States amid a
fragile trade truce, according to a prominent American political scientist. In an interview, Robert Pape, a professor at the University of
Chicago, also said China could “rise peacefully” to be the world’s leading superpower through its strength in innovation if it
continued “moderate responses” to US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy – while America grappled...