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Tech war: Beijing will come out of decoupling worse off than the US, say Chinese academics
- Information technology, AI, aerospace among areas compared in report by Peking University’s Institute of International and Strategic Studies
- Being isolated by an ‘alliance of tech democracies’ and drawing talent back from studies in the US identified as barriers for China
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China will suffer a greater loss than the United States from “tech decoupling” and trails its rival in key areas, Chinese academics have warned.
In a report published by Peking University’s Institute of International and Strategic Studies on Sunday, researchers compared the development of China and the US in areas of competition between the two, including information technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and space and aerospace technology.
“While the current US administration has not yet determined the boundaries of decoupling, certain consensus has already been formed in key tech areas such as chip manufacturing and AI,” the researchers led by institute president Wang Jisi said.
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“Industries that are still ‘linked’ will only be those that are low-tech or have low added value.
“On both technological and industrial levels, both China and the US will face loss from decoupling, and it appears that it would cost China more.”
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The researchers said the US’ decoupling strategy would also involve the forming of an “alliance of tech democracies” to completely isolate China.
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