Both China and the U.S. think they have the advantage. Only one can be right

The United States will not prevail in its competition with China if it does not understand the nature of the game and its competitor’s strengths and weaknesses. 

In that spirit, the Atlantic Council recently teamed up with the Hoover Institution to bring a delegation to Beijing. In part, we wanted to better understand the latest developments regarding emerging technologies in China and how Chinese leaders are viewing them.

Our sense prior to the trip was that many of Washington’s assumptions are out of date — such as the adage that “China doesn’t innovate; it just steals from the West.” What we saw and heard over a week on the ground in China went a long way toward refuting that simplistic view — and previewing what form US-China competition could take next.

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