For several years now, the economic confrontation between the United States and China has not been a mystery any longer. On technological issues, the Trump administration was illustrated, for example, by trade restrictions affecting Huawei. The TikTok takeover project failed.
Very impressive breakthroughs in AI and quantum computing
Either way, Americans remain very concerned about the progress made by the Middle Empire in this area and this is precisely what emerges from a report published by the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School. The authors are very clear, they believe that China could become within a decade the world’s leading economy in basic technologies.
In detail, analysts note that the communist regime is already supplanting the United States as the world’s leading manufacturer of high-tech devices: 250 million computers and 1.5 billion smartphones were thus produced in 2020 there.
When it comes to artificial intelligence, experts are also pessimistic. China is one step ahead of deep learning and has filed six times more patents than Uncle Sam. As a result, Joe Biden’s country would fall to second place by 2025.
The same goes for 5G, where China should dominate the market. The deployment is already much more advanced there and the connection speeds reach 300 megabits per second against only 60 Mbps in the United States.
As for quantum computing, an area where the US had a real head start, China again seems to be catching up. Chinese scientists have also claimed real breakthroughs recently, in particular via the Sunway exascale supercomputer. Finally, the semiconductor sector should also not escape the Middle Kingdom, which could take the lead by 2030.