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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst

China leading US in technology race in all but a few fields, thinktank finds

A production line at a smartphone factory in Ganzhou, China.
A production line at a smartphone factory in Ganzhou, China. Beijing is leading the global technology race in fields including communications, batteries and hypersonics. Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

The United States and other western countries are losing the race with China to develop advanced technologies and retain talent, with Beijing potentially establishing a monopoly in some areas, a new report has said.

China leads in 37 of 44 technologies tracked in a year-long project by thinktank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The fields include electric batteries, hypersonics and advanced radio-frequency communications such as 5G and 6G.

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