Denis Staunton, China correspondent of The Irish Times joined Pat Kenny to discuss how China has outpaced the most wealthy economy in the world A China-based journalist has said China has outpaced the United States as the most wealthy and skilled economy in the world. China is the leading country in 57 out of 64 critical technologies. The country is rapidly emerging as the global technology superpower, outpacing the United States across most critical innovation areas from AI and robotics to batteries and quantum computing.  Advertisement State-backed investment and strategic planning are driving an unprecedented surge in scientific output and…