The illusion of Chinese prowess — Mathew Crawford

1. We are being fooled about technology in China (and Asia generally). Why? To promote war? Or serve some other agenda?

2. We are told that China test launched a hypersonic missile in 2021, but only managed to launch commercial flights of its own aircraft (Comac C919) in 2023. Really?

3. The hypersonic missile test development site (wind tunnel) was funded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2016. Is this new arms race even real?

4. Two years ago China went from producing 7 nm chips to 14 nm when the U.S. pulled chip technologists out.

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