top China’s recently reported analysis that both the US and China will be affected by technological separation, but China’s damage is likely to be greater.
According to South China Morning Post, the 7,600-word report was published on the official WeChat account of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies of Peking University on January 30 and was subsequently covered by the Chinese media. and analysts share strong.
Lianhe Zaobao, a Chinese-language newspaper in Singapore, and Taiwan also reported on the report led by a research team led by Mr. Wang Jisi, a prominent scholar on US-China relations. However, this report was “deleted by the author” according to a notice on WeChat on January 4. The Peking University Research Institute did not provide a reason for the deletion of the report, nor did it immediately respond to a request for comment.
The release and removal of the report come as Beijing and Washington vie for leadership in key technology areas. The report compared the development of China and the US in areas such as information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and aerospace technology. “Although the current US administration has yet to define the boundaries of decoupling, a certain consensus has been formed in key technology areas such as chip manufacturing and AI. The industries that are still “linked” will only be those with low technology content or low added value,” the report said.
In the future, China may close the gap with the US in more technology areas. China can also achieve self-sufficiency in some core technologies, but there is still a long way to go before China can overtake the US in a comprehensive way.
As competition over technology becomes a central factor in the geopolitical competition between the US and China, researchers from both countries are trying to gauge its impact. In December 2021, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School predicted that within the next decade, China will catch up with the US, if not already, in foundational technologies such as AI, 5G, quantum information science, semiconductors, biotechnology, and green energy.
the second-largest economy world in 2020. 2022, highlighting the seriousness of the problem as perceived by leading scholars in the country.
That risk list was compiled by the National Institute of Global Strategy and the Institute of World Economics and Politics, both under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). It revealed that Chinese scholars see the partial separation between China and the Western world as a real threat, as the Washington administration continues to restrict China’s access to strategic technologies such as semiconductors. advanced led.