Yes, robots do the same in China as they do in the U.S.A., BUT you still have to pay a human to turn on the lights and start or stop the robots. In the U.S.A. it will cost you 4x more I am guessing for this person.
They are not just sticking to manufacturing. China holds the number one spot in Supercomputers as of June 2016 with Sunway TaihuLight, which displaced another Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2. The Sunway also uses no U.S.A. hardware. [1]
China also just announced a 64-core Arm processor Phytium that if confirmed "will be the most powerful Arm server chip on the planet." [2]
They are not just sticking to manufacturing. China holds the number one spot in Supercomputers as of June 2016 with Sunway TaihuLight, which displaced another Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-2. The Sunway also uses no U.S.A. hardware. [1]
China also just announced a 64-core Arm processor Phytium that if confirmed "will be the most powerful Arm server chip on the planet." [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer
[2] https://www.top500.org/news/chinese-chipmaker-unveils-speedy...