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CHINA reacted angrily today to the US Senate’s Innovation and Competition Act, which passed with bipartisan support on Tuesday.
The sweeping legislation, dubbed the “China Competitiveness Act” in the US, involves massive state investment in research and technology, as well as regulations to mandate use of US suppliers in infrastructure projects. These are combined with long blacklists of Chinese companies and products.
The centrepiece is a $50 billion (£35.4bn) investment in semiconductor manufacturing, a sector currently dominated by China.
China’s investment and commitment to scientific research is already paying off, pushing the country to the centre stage of global technological advance, writes S Krishnaswamy
CARLOS MARTINEZ responds to liberal hawk Simon Tisdall’s evidence-free China-bashing and asks whose agenda it really serves
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results