(L-R) Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon executive chair Jeff Bezos , Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, among other dignitaries, attend the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Pool photo by Shawn Thew)

    Rise of “Silicon Valley Right” Reshaping Tech Landscape – Zhang Monan

    After the 2024 presidential election in the United States, a rising political right wing in Silicon Valley formed a “tech-political complex” with the Trump administration. Centered on tech acceleration and tech nationalism, it is pushing for military-civil integration, technological blockades against China and deregulation of the technology sector. (L-R) Priscilla Chan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg,…

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    China’s Strive for Self-Reliance in Advanced Technology - Ghulam Ali

    China’s Strive for Self-Reliance in Advanced Technology – Ghulam Ali

    Advanced technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, and quantum computing, have emerged at the heart of most nations’ national strategic planning. China also developed national plans for technological breakthroughs. However, unlike most other countries, China’s current plans are heavily influenced by unprecedented US export curbs on acquiring technology. These steep and targeted export curbs are…

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