China has U.S. technology and soft power in the crosshairs

Electric cars, AI, satellite internet, new drugs, and flying cars

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China’s challenge to U.S. supremacy

Real great leaps for soft power and tech

A group of satellites is launched aboard a Long March-8 carrier rocket from Hainan island, February 11, 2025. Image source: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

“By now it’s clear that Trump has become the proverbial bull in the China shop, smashing many of …