Is China winning the race for advanced technologies?
According to a report published by the very serious think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute, relayed by the
Guardian
, Beijing dominates in 37 of the 44 technologies studied, leaving the United States and the main Western countries behind.
China would thus be in the process of establishing a monopoly in the fields of electric batteries, hypersonics or even advanced radiofrequency communications such as 5G and 6G.
According to this study, the United States only has superiority in a handful of areas, such as vaccines, computers or space launch systems.
Results are based on “ high impact
” research
in critical and emerging technology areas.
Main search institutes and talent import
"
Our research reveals that China has laid the groundwork to position itself as the world's leading science and technology superpower
," the report's authors assume.
The top ten global research institutes would thus be based in China, and would generate “
nine times more high-impact research articles
” than the United States.
In most of the 44 top technologies listed, the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranked first or second.
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In addition, China is set to establish a monopoly in several areas hitherto dominated by the United States, such as nanoscale manufacturing, hydrogen and ammonia for energy and synthetic biology. .
According to the think tank, China also shines in the area of importing talent.
Thus, “
a fifth of high-impact articles are written by trained researchers
” in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Finally, regarding armaments, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute indicates that China's dazzling progress in nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles was predictable.
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According to our data analysis, over the past five years, China generated 48.49% of high-impact research papers
.”
Seven of the world's top ten research institutes in this field are based in China.