China’s real (technological) leap forward

Fin September 2021, Gina Raimondo, the US Secretary of State for Commerce, sounded the charge. “We must work with our European allies to deny China access to the most advanced technologies so that it cannot catch up with us in critical areas like semiconductors. “ With tens of thousands of engineers trained each year and credits distributed in the billions of yuan, Chinese innovation is a steamroller. And Beijing has understood everything by focusing on artificial intelligence, a technology very suitable for the strict organization and the necessary availability of the most sensitive data in authoritarian regimes. Launched in 2018, the Made in China 2025 plan distributes the equivalent of 40 billion euros to …

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