April 27, 2026
Quantum 201: U.S. vs China Quantum Industrial Base
Constanza Vidal Bustamante, fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Chris Miller and Zachary Yerushalmi to break down her new report with John Burke, Quantum's Industrial Moment: Strengthening US Quantum Supply Chains for Scalable Advantage — a deep dive into the components, chokepoints, and policy levers that will decide who wins the race to a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
Listen to the full interview on ChinaTalk.
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