That's how I see them too a few yrs back. Things have changed a lot in the past 10-15 yrs. China is getting better and better with time while the rest of the western world is still asleep. US have 5G technology way back then but never commercialized it and using only for military purposes according to US Gen Robert Spalding. May be China had copied that technology from US, made it better by spending millions in research and development. Huawei has already spent over 750 million in R&D on 6G now. M2Mi machine to machine technology is pretty much like 5G, but already outdated compared to 5G. A surgeon can perform a surgery on a patient 60 kms away using 5G technology.
I have some relatives who are doing business in China, Singapore and US. They all told me Canada and US look pretty much like they are still living in the stone age. They said US and Canada look so out dated now compared to China and Korea.
In case if you missed watching this by former Gen. Spalding, senior director general of strategy at national security council of US ... Have a look at 1:20 mark, It is kind of scary how 5G can control you and your movements.
US needs a lot to catch up...