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Quantum Computer

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Analysis & Opinions - Foreign Policy

The U.S. Wants to Make Sure China Can’t Catch Up on Quantum Computing

| Mar. 31, 2023

U.S. export controls on China’s semiconductor industry are just the opening salvos in a series of unprecedented export controls on China planned by the Biden administration. After controls on semiconductors, the Commerce Department is moving on to the next emerging technology it worries China could weaponize—quantum computing.

Sri Lankan port workers hold a Chinese national flag to welcome Chinese research ship

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Analysis & Opinions - Project Syndicate

Peak China?

| Jan. 03, 2023

Joseph Nye writes: From an American perspective, it is just as dangerous to underestimate Chinese power as it is to overestimate it. While hysteria creates fear, discounting China's recent progress and future ambitions could lead the United States to squander its own long-term advantages.