SPECIAL REPORT: China: A Great Leap Forward in Quantum Tech?
3/14/2019
By Stew Magnuson
This is part 2 of a 3-part special report on quantum technology.
“China’s leaders recognize the strategic potential of quantum science and technology to enhance economic and military dimensions of national power,†said a September 2018 report by the Center for a New American Security penned by Elsa B. Kania and John Costello.
And Chinese leaders have backed up their words with funding and manpower, said the report, “Quantum Hegemony? China’s Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation Leadership.†Chinese President Xi Jinping has singled quantum sciences out as one the nation’s top technology priorities and wants to leap ahead of the rest of the world by 2030.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/3/14/china-a-great-leap-forward-in-quantum-tech
