The #politics of #technology – Joseph Sifakis from the VERIMAG laboratory tells Juliet Mann why China’s pulling ahead.
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00:00China has excellent integrative innovation capabilities by leveraging its strengths.
00:08And these strengths include a very solid and broad base in all areas of industrial production,
00:18as well as a unified and coherent national economic space.
00:24Additionally, China has a strong political willingness to progress along the path of
00:31scientific and technical innovation, based on a consistent commitment on the part of
00:38the state to develop visions that are pursued with perseverance and substantial investment.
00:47That has borne fruit, enabling China to catch up spectacularly in a number of industrial
00:54fields such as construction, shipbuilding, the automotive industry, and telecommunications.