Where do the underpants fit in here?

I'll worry when they can vacuum my house without getting stuck and drive my car without my intervention.

Yep, you can take every point - except voting and having a two party political system and no social credit authority. I can talk shit about my government and they can't do shit. Fuck Xi - can they they say that without repercussions?

Propaganda. That thing looks like it couldn't hit the side of a barn with that gun or navigate its way to it.

China will likely screw itself and no outside involvement will be necessary. Once technology moves ahead of them and they can't copy any more, they'll be falling behind as they have for the last 1000 years. Rigid dictatorships are fragile things in the end.

• Using tech for weapons development
• Attempting to end democracies
• Supporting an authoritarian government with a lifelong ruler
• Using slave labor
• Attempting usurpation of South China Sea
• Allying itself with Russia
• Undermining human rights globally
• Building a surveillance state Yes, I know they're not the only ones, but they have one ruler that can't be voted out, thus they'll unlikely change for the better as they have no better half to vote in.

I don't know why someone downvoted you, because you're not wrong. This plant can't - yet. Things are progressing quickly and large capital interests are really just now turning to alt-fuel technologies for investments. This is a new thing and a turning point - even with this new investment, policy and regulation roadblocks continue to be erected by fossil fuel financial interests although they are beginning to wane slightly.

It's getting there fast and it is capable of doing all that fossil fuels can do - grid wise. Remember fossil fuels has a 140 year head start, my friend.

edit; extra word