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China Leads the US in the Research of 37 Out of 44 Critical Technologies, Claims Think Tank

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 05, @07:33AM   Printer-friendly

upstart writes:

China has a "stunning lead" over the US:

The Biden administration might be limiting China's ability to manufacture advanced chips, but according to an independent think tank, the Asian nation is still ahead of the US when it comes to research in 37 out of 44 crucial and emerging technologies, including AI, defense, and key quantum tech areas.

Insider reports that the Canberra-based Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) believes China has a "stunning lead" over the US when it comes to high-impact research across the majority of critical and emerging technology domains.

[...] The think tank notes that for some of these technologies, the ten leading research institutions are based in China and are collectively generating nine times more high-impact research papers than the second-ranked country, which is usually the US. What could be especially worrying for America is that two areas where China really excels are Defense and space-related technologies. ASPI writes that China's advancements in nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles took the US by surprise in 2021.

How is China so far ahead? Some of it is down to imported talent. The report notes that one-fifth of its high-impact papers are being authored by researchers with postgraduate training in a Five-Eyes country (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States). However, most of China's progress comes from deliberate design and long-term policy planning by President Xi Jinping and his predecessors.

The near-term effects of China's lead could see it gaining a stranglehold on the global supply of certain critical technologies, while the long-term impact could result in the authoritarian state gaining more global influence and power.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by quietus on Sunday March 05, @04:54PM (3 children)

    by quietus (6328) on Sunday March 05, @04:54PM (#1294627) Journal

    Your World Bank cite was released in Beijing, and made

    by China’s Ministry of Finance, the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council, and the World Bank, with the China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) acting as the implementing agency. The report looks at the key drivers of China’s poverty alleviation achievements over the past 40 years, considers the insights of China’s experience for other developing countries and puts forward suggestions for China’s own future policies.

    So, not at all biased then. Just like your statement about India (are you Chinese, per chance?), followed by

    Whether it's due to abandoning terrible policies (like Mao's) or other stuff, the result seems good for a lot of the Chinese citizens.

    I would rather think it's not about holding hands and singing Kumbaya together, but about becoming the workshop of the world. In which Japanese, European and, yes, even US companies played a big part, no?

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 06, @03:20AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 06, @03:20AM (#1294709)

    The claim was:

    They "eliminated poverty" by redefining "poverty" and then autocratically declaring it solved without any oversight.

    World Bank and UN don't count as any oversight? Whatever it is the reality doesn't seem to match the OP's narrative - which implied the Chinese Gov defined it as solved without things actually improving...

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 06, @01:53PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 06, @01:53PM (#1294749) Journal

      They "eliminated poverty" by redefining "poverty" and then autocratically declaring it solved without any oversight.

      World Bank and UN don't count as any oversight?

      Well actually, they don't - not their job. Why would you even ask?

    • (Score: 2) by quietus on Tuesday March 07, @09:29AM

      by quietus (6328) on Tuesday March 07, @09:29AM (#1294892) Journal

      Fair point -- I can see how you could have read that implication.

      For the record, I do not deny that poverty has been strongly, if not massively, reduced in China over the years. Here's a 2021 report [unicef.cn] from Unesco, about the reduction of child poverty in China.