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Zuo Xiying, one of China’s top experts on international security, examines evolving U.S. deterrence strategies in light of rising strategic competition with China. He argues that the gap in conventional deterrence capabilities between China and the U.S. is rapidly narrowing owing to China’s technological and military advances and what he sees as the decline of the U.S. industrial base. As a “stress reaction” to this perceived decline, Zuo argues U.S. policymakers have begun to discuss declining American conventional deterrence capabilities vis-a-vis China more frequently. Zuo warns that Beijing should approach shifts in relative capabilities cautiously, and recognize that the U.S. is expanding its “toolbox” of mechanisms that can be leveraged flexibly to deter China, particularly in the case of heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
An unnamed researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission’s Academy of Macroeconomic Research lays out six areas where China must find “key breakthroughs” to become a high-income country. In addition to domestic reforms, the author calls for the creation of an international environment “conducive to crossing over the middle-income stage.”
This publication by the Cyberspace Administration of China explains the legal principles behind the recently published, first of its kind, algorithm regulations.
This is a lengthy analysis from news outlet Xinhua discusses the policies and strategies Beijing is putting in place to transform China into a global high-tech “superpower” by 2035. The author argues that China’s science and technology innovation model has been in “catch-up mode” for some time, seeking to imitate innovations from developed countries, which has led to an underinvestment in basic research and a “lack of originality.” Top-down support for the development of specific key technologies and fields is needed, the author suggests, as is organizational and regulatory change to develop an ecosystem supportive of greater innovation.