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Will DJI Drones Be Banned in the US? DJI Says the Clock Is Ticking – and It Urgently Needs Its Fans to HelpDJI drones are the most popular flying cameras in the US. Both its consumer and professional quadcopters sell in huge numbers, and they also rank among the best drones you can...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
China Has Developed the Largest Drone Carrier in the World — and It’s Getting Ready for TakeoffChina is set to deploy the largest drone carrier in the world by the end of June. Nicknamed the "drone mothership," the aircraft promises to provide China’s People’s Liberatio...
By Elsa B. Kania
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DJI Drones Are Everywhere. The U.S. May Still Ban ThemDrones from Chinese giant DJI are deeply embedded in American life. With a potential ban looming, the company has until the end of the year to convince U.S. lawmakers it does ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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DeepSeek’s Breakthrough Sparks National Pride in ChinaIn China, DeepSeek’s sudden shot to fame with artificial-intelligence models rivaling American ones has inspired a moment of national pride....
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Inspired by Ukraine war, Taiwan launches drone blitz to counter ChinaToday, China has virtually cornered the global commercial drone market, accounting for an estimated 80% of sales, according to some industry estimates. This is a key advantage...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Chinese Espionage Circles the GlobeChina collects vast swathes of information from around the world, by fair or foul means, as part of its national intelligence apparatus. Some of this spying is done by individ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Biden’s $180 Billion R&D Plan Prioritizes Key Areas Such As Chips, Quantum ComputingAs part of his recently unveiled $2 trillion infrastructure investment plan, President Joe Biden said his administration would commit $180 billion to “R&D and industries o...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The myth and reality of the super soldierIs China trying to make its own version of Captain America? US intelligence has suggested so. But beyond the hype, the possibility of a super soldier is not so outlandish and ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Exclusive: China gene firm providing worldwide COVID tests worked with Chinese militaryBGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reute...
By Elsa B. Kania
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A Scientist Is Arrested, and Academics Push BackIt was Donald J. Trump’s last full week in office, so Andrew E. Lelling, the federal prosecutor in Boston, knew he had limited time left in his job. But there was one more imp...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Joe Biden’s 5 Tech PrioritiesPresident-elect Joe Biden’s transition team describes its animating philosophy as “build back better.” It’s both a nod to the Trump administration’s penchant for paring back t...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China Threatens U.S. Primacy in Artificial IntelligenceIt is a statement that has been broadcasted and heard around the world: China intends to be the global leader of artificial intelligence by 2030. The country is putting its mo...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The PLAʼs Unlikely WingmanIn May of this year, an 84-year-old inmate in a North Carolina federal prison died from Covid-19. Dongfan Greg Chungʼs death barely registered on the local news, but Chung hel...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence Cold War on the horizonThe United States is the world’s leading force in artificial intelligence (AI), for now, but China is rapidly catching up making partnerships among democracies critical to sta...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
The grim fate that could be ‘worse than extinction’What would totalitarian governments of the past have looked like if they were never defeated? The Nazis operated with 20th Century technology and it still took a world war to ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Are Chinese Drones a National Security Threat or Required for the National Interest?Before DJI, a Chinese drone company, was named a national security threat, it was the darling of the U.S. government, used by federal agencies, the military and more than 900 ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Q&A: What does banning TikTok and WeChat mean for users?The U.S. government is cracking down on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, starting by barring them from app stores on Sunday. President Donald Trump has cited concerns about...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China’s coronavirus vaccine shows military’s growing role in medical researchThe largest armed force in the world, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is not known for its cutting edge medical research. But since 2015, it has ramped up recruitment ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America’s problem is much bigger than TikTokChina watchers are waiting to see how, and whether, Chinese company ByteDance sells its wildly popular social media app TikTok to a U.S. buyer by Sept. 15, as the Trump admini...
By Kara Frederick, Elsa B. Kania & Van Jackson
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
In a U.S.-China Tech Divorce, Businesses Would Have to Pick SidesLike a celebrity couple splitting on account of irreconcilable differences, China and the U.S. might be leaving a huge mess in their wake as they go their separate ways. The l...
By Elsa B. Kania
