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Webinar: Global China — Assessing China’s technological reach in the world

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

--FILE--View of a store of Chinese electronics maker Gree in Huaibei city, east China's Anhui province, 2 July 2018.Gree Electric Appliances Inc, a major home appliances maker based in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, has established two academician working stations to facilitate its core technology research and development. Led by Rao Fangquan and Jiang Yi, two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the stations will focus on researching core technologies in electrical machinery and building energy conservation, respectively, according to the company. "Gree's future development relies on core technologies. Establishing the stations will help us to enhance our capabilities in technology R&D, which is driven by consumer demand," said Dong Mingzhu, president of Gree Electric Appliances Inc.No Use China. No Use France.

Technology competition between the US and a Global China

Lindsey Ford, Chris Meserole, and Tom Stefanick

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

A man wearing a protective face mask walks under surveillance cameras as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Dealing with demand for China’s global surveillance exports

Sheena Chestnut Greitens

April 2020

The entrance to the exhibition at the 5G experience site of Huawei in Shanghai, China, 1 December 2019.Huawei carries out 5G experience sites in 9 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, etc. to familiarize local citizens with 5G service by providing VR games and live shows. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Global China’s advanced technology ambitions

Lindsey Ford, Saif M. Khan, and Remco Zwetsloot

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

A huge sculpture featuring shape of an astronaut is displayed in celebration of 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing mission in Jiefangbei CBD, also known as Jiefangbei Commercial Walking Street, in Chongqing, China, 21 July 2019.No Use China. No Use France.

Preparing the United States for the superpower marathon with China

Michael Brown, Eric Chewning, and Pavneet Singh

April 2020

Light of Internet Expo 2019 of 6th World Internet Conference kicks off in Wuzhen town, Jiaxing city, east China's Zhejiang province, 18 October 2019. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Untangling the web: Why the US needs allies to defend against Chinese technology transfer

Andrew Imbrie and Ryan Fedasiuk

April 2020

5G signs are everywhere at the experience site of Huawei in Shanghai, China, 1 December 2019.Huawei carries out 5G experience sites in 9 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, etc. to familiarize local citizens with 5G service by providing VR games and live shows. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Navigating the US-China 5G competition

Nicol Turner Lee

April 2020

The Long March II-F rocket loaded with a Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft carrying Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and Liu Yang lifts off from the launch pad in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province June 16, 2012. China launched the spacecraft putting its first woman, 33-year-old female fighter pilot Liu Yang, in orbit on Saturday as the country takes its latest step towards building a space station within the decade. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Managing China’s rise in outer space

April 2020

Makers demonstrate their design at the sixth China-US Young Maker Competition Final, Beijing, China, 25 July 2019.Over 3000 teenagers of 75 teams selected via qualification trials in China and the United States participated into the sixth China-US Young Maker Competition Final, Beijing, China, 25 July 2019. The competition which is organized by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Tsinghua University and other organizations has been conducted for five years and accumulatively more than 12,000 makers from China and U.S. took part in it.No Use China. No Use France.

China’s approach to tech talent competition

Remco Zwetsloot

April 2020

LUOYANG, CHINA- In the photos, staff works to produce the nucleic acid test kit at the Luoyang Ascend Biotechnology Co., Ltd plant in Luoyang, Henan Province in central China, March 4, 2020. To help combat The epidemic of the new coronavirus, the company is in full capacity producing nucleic acid test kits, after the increase of imported coronavirus cases in the country.

China’s role in the global biotechnology sector and implications for US policy

April 2020

May 14, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's computer giant Fujitsu unveils a 300mm wafer which has the CPU chips with 48-core and 2-assistant core Arm architecture "A64FX" processor at Fujitsu's high-tech exhibition Fujitsu Forum 2019 in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Fujitsu and Riken are developing the government-backed next generation supercomputer called Post-K computer, 100 times greater performance of K computer. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

Maintaining China’s dependence on democracies for advanced computer chips

Saif M. Khan and Carrick Flynn

April 2020

--FILE--A local resident uses his smartphone to have the QR code scanned through the mobile app of Tencent's WeChat Payment function to pay his purchases at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, 26 September 2018.WeChat Pay, one of China's biggest mobile payment platforms, is set to expand its presence in Singapore next month at more than 600 retail outlets. From November 1, Cold Storage, Giant, Guardian and 7-Eleven stores across Singapore will start accepting payments through the Tencent-operated platform. The initiative was announced by Singapore Dairy Farm (the regional parent company of the four brands) and Singaporean mobile payment company NETS, which offers cashless QR payment services at more than 55,000 terminals across the country. Chinese nationals based in Singapore or visiting the country as tourists will be able to scan NETS QR code terminals in the 600 retail outlets with WeChat Pay, with transactions conducted in yuan based on the point-of-sale foreign exchange rate. Dairy Farm and NETS said in their statement that the cooperation with WeChat Pay would help serve the growing number of Chinese tourists visiting Singapore. According to the Singapore Tourism Board, arrivals from China in 2017 were up by 13 percent on the previous year, reaching 3.2 million. While WeChat Pay and its rival, Alibaba's Alipay, have ventured overseas into several countries, the services are only available to Chinese nationals.No Use China. No Use France.

China’s digital payments revolution

April 2020

A view of Zhangbei data center of Alibaba is pictured in Zhangbei county, Zhangjiakou city, north China's Hebei province, 12 September 2016.China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its cloud facilities vigorously. After announcing a cloud data center in Silicon Valley in the US this March, it has launched a large cloud data center in North China. The Zhangbei cloud data center broke ground in the Miaotan Industrial Park in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, in April 2015. It is expected to host 80 percent of Alibaba's cloud and big data in North China and to serve as the group's North China settlement center. Currently, cloud only accounts for one percent of Alibaba's total income, but the group has bet its future on cloud. The Zhangbei data center, which covers about 165 acres, will cost 18 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion), according to Haifeng Qu, research fellow in the technical support department of Alibaba.No Use China. No Use France.

Digital competition with China starts with competition at home

April 2020

I.P. Park, president and chief technical officer for LG Electronics, speaks on artificial intelligence during a keynote address at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

“AI weapons” in China’s military innovation

April 2020

The 380-metre tall electricity pylon to carry power cables between Zhoushan's Jintang and Cezi islands with a distance of 2,656 metres, which is the tallest power transmission tower in the world, is being capped at the construction site in Cezi islands, Zhoushan city, east China's Zhejiang province, 11 August 2018.Construction on a giant power supply pylon, believed to be the world's tallest, completed in east China's Zhejiang Province, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company announced. At an impressive 380 meters tall, the pylon is four times the height of London's Big Ben. The pylon will carry power cables between Zhoushan's Jintang and Cezi islands, a distance of 2,656 meters, It breaks the world record for the tallest power pylon currently held by China's Damaoshan pylon which stands at 370 meters, also in Zhoushan. The new pylon is a part of a new ultra-high voltage power line project between cities of Zhoushan and Ningbo. The project is expected to be put into use in 2019.No Use China. No Use France.

Secure power: Gigawatts, geopolitics, and China’s energy internet

April 2020