China Rising, US Faltering in Tech
January 19, 2020
China is closing in on the United States in science and technology, in part because it has made major advances over the past decade but even more so because the United States has fallen off the pace, a New York Times columnist says in assessing various measures of progress in both nations. In Issues, a former CIA director recently surveyed China’s technological ambitions, particularly its drive to boost innovation, and detailed ways that government, industry, and universities in the United States can strengthen its own innovative capability and maintain global leadership.