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A new revolution

Technology in China

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With the state’s help, Chinese technology is booming. But it will not be a smooth road to global dominance, says Hal Hodson

Chinese technology

With the state’s help, Chinese technology is booming

But it will not be a smooth road to global dominance, says Hal Hodson

Success stories

China’s nuclear industry and high-speed trains are world class

And the state has been crucial in making them so

Cars

China has never mastered internal-combustion engines

Electric cars will be different

Intellectual property

Chinese inventiveness shows the weakness of the law

Entrepreneurs struggle to retain control of their inventions

Data

China’s success at AI has relied on good data

But cheap labour has also played an important part

Microprocessors

China is slowly moving up the microprocessing value chain

Getting good at designing is easier than at manufacturing, however

The future

Technological progress in China could still lead to fireworks

Is a showdown likely with America?

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Drastic falls in cost are powering another computer revolution

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