'Superpower marathon': U.S. may lead China in tech right now, but Beijing has strength to catch up
The U.S. currently leads China in many aspects of technology — but experts caution against the world's largest economy resting on its laurels, urging instead for cooperation with allies and shifts in domestic policy.
Experts point out that the U.S. could tap on alliances and re-orientate domestic policy to increase competitiveness.Teh Eng Koon | AFP via Getty Images Alongside trade war developments between the U.S. and China, both parties have been embroiled in growing competition to dominate various fields of next-generation technology, such as 5G networks and artificial intelligence .
In the last few years, Beijing has laid out a number of plans it hopes will turn China into a world leader in various tech areas:— that will outline its plans to set the global standards for future technologies.ambitions to become a global leader in the field of artificial intelligence by 2030Five years ago, in 2015, Beijing unveiled a "Made in China 2025" plan to dominate global high-tech manufacturing.
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