&gt; At best, it&#x27;s better, because the US government didn&#x27;t have to meddle quite so much to force such growth to occur.<p>The US government does its share of meddling; just not in tech (since Obama overrode the Apple import ban in HTC v Apple). What do you think &quot;promoting American interests&quot; is a euphemism for?<p>Farming&#x2F;agriculture is a good example: farming subsidies and skewed trade are just as forceful as the Chinese protectionism.