China’s Competitive Model for Strategic Science, Technology, and Innovation Development

The United States and China are locked in a grand struggle for great power dominance, and the strategic science, technology, and innovation (STI) domain is at the very heart of this contest. China is investing enormous effort and resources to forge a strategic STI development model to rival and eventually surpass the United States for global leadership. In this report, IGCC director and UC San Diego professor Tai Ming Cheung examines the key features of China’s Strong Authoritarian Mobilizational and Innovation model. The report was originally commissioned by the China program at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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