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The military might showed off at China’s 70th anniversary parade moved some Chinese to tears. Here’s why
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The pomp, drama and advanced military technology on display at the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China sent a dramatic, carefully-rehearsed message to the world...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The question of ‘patriotism’ in U.S.-China tech collaboration
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In July, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel called for an FBI and CIA investigation of Google, saying the company was “treasonous” for allegedly working with th...
By Kara Frederick & Elsa B. Kania
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NTIA Spectrum Review Request Signals ‘Substantial’ Delay in Part of 5G Strategy
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A key part of the plan for the United States to compete in the global race to 5G has been delayed, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s request...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Algorithmic Warfare: Academia Key to Maintaining U.S. Lead in AI
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Academic institutions will be critical to sustaining the United States’ overmatch in artificial intelligence technology, experts say. While countries around the world are inve...
By Kara Frederick & Elsa B. Kania
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China eyes high-tech military, says US undermines global stability
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China outlined plans to build a modern, high-tech army in a national defence plan published Wednesday, while accusing Washington of undermining global strategic stability and ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China’s army can intervene in Hong Kong, says Beijing
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China's defense ministry has said the People’s Liberation Army can legally intervene to help Hong Kong to “maintain social order” if requested to do so by the territory’s gove...
By Elsa B. Kania
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‘We are being outspent. We are being outpaced’: Is America ceding the future of AI to China?
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The last time a rival power tried to out-innovate the U.S. and marshaled a whole-of-government approach to doing it, the Soviet Union startled Americans by deploying the first...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Fast-Forward with 5G
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Sometimes the most valuable military assets are those you can't see. That may be the case with 5G—the lightning-fast, next-generation wireless network technologies that commer...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Middle East Dictators Buy Spy Tech From Company Linked to IBM and Google
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It is the size of a small suitcase and can be placed discreetly in the back of a car. When the device is powered up, it begins secretly monitoring hundreds of cellphones in th...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump’s Huawei ‘Reversal’ Means Nothing – Yet
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This weekend, President Donald Trump gave the world whiplash once again, pledging to lift the ban he himself imposed just last month on US sales to Chinese tech giant Huawei, ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Race to Save Encryption
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National-security experts and politicians have a message for America: A significant portion of the sensitive data we have today is going to be cracked by foreign powers in the...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump Vs. Huawei: The World Is Watching
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President Trump’s new Executive Order on imported technology bares sharp teeth at Huawei and other Chinese companies, but it doesn’t have any teeth yet. The actual impact will...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Western AI researchers partnered with Chinese surveillance firms
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Leading western artificial intelligence researchers have partnered with Chinese organisations tied to Beijing’s surveillance state, raising fears that a severe lack of oversig...
By Elsa B. Kania
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How China tried and failed to win the AI race: The inside story
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Chances are you've seen the stories, with headlines like "AI-driven technologies reshape city life in Beijing" or "Robots serving up savory food at Chinese artificial intellig...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China and the US are locked in a crucial battle for space domination
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Fifty years after the first moon landing, an American triumph that gripped the world, China marked the start of 2019 with its own lunar achievement. Chang’e-4, a Chinese probe...
By Elsa B. Kania
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‘You’re with China or you’re with us’: Global relations hinge on outcome of trade talks, U.S. analysts say
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Tech giant Huawei has become a proxy for U.S. struggles with Beijing over the Chinese government’s aggressive backing of its private companies, and American experts warn globa...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump’s Huawei ban will hit rural US carriers the hardest as replacing equipment will cost ‘millions’
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It took Jim Kail’s telecommunications company LHTC Broadband nearly five years to equip almost 1,000 customers in the rural township of South Canaan, Pennsylvania, with high-s...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China sets up 5G stations in Tibet
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China has established the first set of three 5G stations in the Tibet region bordering India. The purpose, it is said, was to enhance communication to serve the local populati...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China's Powerful Surveillance State Has Created at Least Four Billionaires
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Before he became a billionaire, Dai Lin would ride his bike to work, pedaling through the streets of Tianjin to the headquarters of Tiandy Technologies Co., the camera maker h...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Ep. 38: Beyond South China Sea tensions, part two: The CCP vision and the future of Chinese history
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This week on the program, we’re going to continue our exploration of the U.S.-China relationship, which we began last week with our investigation into the history of tensions ...
By Elsa B. Kania
