content: Wow. You're sounding like a crazy person. 1) The USA isn't "falling behind".  If you're going to make a race analogy, they're running along a dirt path, and we are flying through space - literally.  The technology and space-superiority gap won't last forever, but to think they're gaining an advantage instead of just joining us in the race is just ridiculously laughable. In fact, even thinking along the lines of a competition, or us vs them kind of thing is pretty ridiculous. It's 2015.  2) Espionage is not an act of war.  We're the one's that made that rule, and it serves us well. 3) The elephant in the room isn't "Chinese power", it's corporate power. There are corporations that exist pan-nationally. They're border-less super-powers and they control everything you or your Chinese cousins say or do.