New Yorker: China races to own the industries of the future

Per Axios reporting on Evan Osnos's investigation for The New Yorker, China is racing ahead in the industries that will define the next decade. China now produces seventy percent of the world's drones, electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and solar cells. Its shipbuilding capacity is two hundred times that of the United States. Scientists and engineers who previously worked at top American pharmaceutical companies and universities are now moving to China, where decades of state investment in technology and medicine are paying off. The concern among U.S. experts: if America loses the next wave of competition in AI, biotech, and robotics, it could irreversibly shift the global balance of power.

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