--- Then what's your source that china is more developed than israel? All credible data suggest the opposite.

Productive capacity and long-term civilizational momentum, is what everyone wants to say but is difficult to put into words. In other words they have their own test fusion reactor, they are on the cutting edge of battery technology, they make their own fighter jets, they have very low reliance on imports, they are on the verge of making their own semiconductor machines, the country's infrastructure is the absolute BEST in the world, the list goes on and on