Two-handed techno-tussle
China DailyWANG XIAOYING/CHINA DAILY Technology is traditionally viewed as being naturally affiliated with the economy and military and its role as a vital variable that influences international relations in its own right is often overlooked. After decades of rapid development, technologies, especially disruptive technologies, have been embedded in every aspect of politics and economic activities, to such an extent that they have restructured the patterns of global technological competition and even spurred substantial changes in international relations. For instance, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon warned: "It requires a new American consensus regarding the policies and priorities required to defeat this threat… China's arsenal for global supremacy includes economic, informational, political, and military warfare." During the Donald Trump administration, the US repeatedly rejected Chinese companies' acquisition applications citing national security reasons, even adding multiple Chinese companies and research institutions to the "Red Flags" list. For China and the US, the question is: will their economic interdependence and technological competition produce "peaceful competition" like that between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
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Two-handed techno-tussle
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