Prakat Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 The Australian Strategic Policy Institute said its study showed that, in some fields, all of the world's top 10 research institutions are based in China. Missile destroyer Suzhou of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy returns to a military port in Zhejiang Province on 15 November 2022. China is leading the world in most critical technology areas, including defence, space and energy. Source: Getty / Xinhua News Agency China has a "stunning lead" in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology. The study, funded by the United States State Department, found the United States was often second-ranked, although it led global research in high-performance computing, quantum computing, small satellites and vaccines. "Western democracies are losing the global technological competition, including the race for scientific and research breakthroughs," the report said, urging greater research investment by governments. China had established a "stunning lead in high-impact research" under government programs. The report called for democratic nations to collaborate more often to create secure supply chains and "rapidly pursue a strategic critical technology step-up". ASPI tracked the most-cited scientific papers, which it said are the most likely to result in patents. China's surprise breakthrough in hypersonic missiles in 2021 would have been identified earlier if China's strong research had been detected, it said. "Over the past five years, China generated 48.49% of the world's high-impact research papers into advanced aircraft engines, including hypersonics, and it hosts seven of the world's top 10 research institutions," it said. In the fields of photonic sensors and quantum communication, China's research strength could result in it "going dark" to the surveillance of western intelligence, including the "Five Eyes" of Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, it said. National talent flows of researchers were also tracked and monopoly risks were identified. China was likely to emerge with a monopoly in 10 fields including synthetic biology, where it produces one-third of all research, as well as electric batteries, 5G, and nano manufacturing. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, a government research body, ranked first or second in most of the 44 technologies tracked, which spanned defence, space, robotics, energy, the environment, biotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI), advanced materials and quantum technology. China was bolstering its research with knowledge gained overseas, and the data showed one-fifth of the top Chinese researchers were trained in a Five Eyes country, it said. The study recommended visa screening programs to limit illegal technology transfers and instead favour international collaboration with security allies. Australia's universities have said they are complying with foreign influence laws designed to stop the illegal transfer of technology to China, but also noted international collaboration is an integral part of university research. sauce: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/china-takes-stunning-lead-in-global-competition-for-critical-technology-report-says/qb74z1nt2 zen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 This is more of a fundraising exercise than a genuine risk raised. Quantity of 'research papers' != actual quality. I mean, yes, because of the wholesale shameless sell-off of manufacturing infrastructure by the executive caste in the west, the Chinese have a genuine shot at fostering innovation as a whole, from the ground up. But in terms of cutting edge sci-tech? That's a different ball of wax. Along with espionage and some well funded hard work, the CCP led Chinese have made proper strides, but 'stunning lead' is very close to almost total BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prakat Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Interesting and eye-opening nuance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Gap is freducing but US is still most advanced and will continue to remain so in atleast next 2 decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 China is doing real well. There is no reason for India to be far behind but bureaucracy is the issue. Prakat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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