Benign tech competition best for China, US
The United States' policy toward China and its attitude toward Sino-US scientific and technological cooperation have undergone some significant changes since last year. As a result, the US now emphasizes "competition", rather than cooperation in its relations with China.
The US has taken a series of high-profile measures in the field of science and technology, in order to limit Sino-US scientific and technological cooperation, personnel exchanges, technology exports, and investment.
For example, the US has launched a smear campaign against Huawei, China's largest telecommunications equipment maker and the world's leading 5G technology player, and ordered investigations against Chinese high-tech companies. Also, the US Congress has passed several bills prohibiting the US military from procuring the products of Huawei and ZTE, another Chinese telecom company, forbidding the US government from buying surveillance equipment from Chinese enterprises and restricting Chinese investment in US high-tech companies.
