China's Power: Up for Debate - Proposition 3

Proposition 3: In the coming decade, China will emerge as a global leader in technology innovation

FOR: Huang Can
Professor, Head of Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Co-Director of Institute for Intellectual Property Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University

AGAINST: Adam Segal
Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security
Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. ChinaPower's annual conference features leading experts from both China and the U.S. to debate core issues underpinning the nature of Chinese power.
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[chfgbp]

Really dont get the anxiety from America. No one s alarmed in Europe. America s even further. China 's military capacity naturally grows with its GDP. So from being 50 years behind the US it s now 30 or 20 years at best behind. So what?

[AKDGsonic]

lacking inclusiveness, China's domestic social structure does not provide conditions for sustaining progress in R&D over the middle run