For China and the US, Tech Is the Biggest Battlefield
A Maipu Communication Technology Co. circuit board at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Sept. 2. Xi Jinping is calling for a “whole nation system” to bolster China’s critical industrial advancement.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/BloombergThere’s one field of competition between the US and China in their emerging Cold War that almost certainly trumps any other.
This newsletter has discussed a number of those fields from a geographic standpoint, including the Arctic and South Pacific. But it is the arena of technology where the biggest battle is already in high gear. Look no further than Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call this week for a “whole-nation system” to advance China’s technological and industrial advancement.