Is this a good time to start learning Mandarin?

If an 'environmental activist' isn't supporting nuclear energy, I can't take them seriously and it's most likely just a political group and has nothing to do with actually saving the planet.

If they really can outpace us, good luck to 'em. We Americans pride ourselves on our magnanimity in dispensing tech goodies to the world. Maybe we can get the benefit of somebody else's work for a while. And maybe it'll even take a little heat off of us, which we attract because of the way we've controlled the world.

Is the Chinese researcher credible? It sounds a bit like a sales pitch from the US fusion industry.