So long as Beijing continues to successfully subjugate and abuse the Chinese people they will continue to dominate global trade with cheap labor. So long as they can get away with the environmental awareness and regulations that the west had in the 1800's they will continue as the west's proxy polluter. So long as they continue to steal western technology and violate international copyright laws they will continue to develop technology.

Without taking from the west China would go back to being the equivalent of a large North Korea like it was up until the 1970's when they opened the doors to western thinking.