The Impacts of U.S.-China Tech Decoupling | Denis Simon and Dan Wang

Once considered incapable of innovation, China’s contribution to technological advancement has become impossible to ignore as it continues its historic rise. Now home to such tech giants as Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei, China is competing in the global market. But what does this technological success mean in the context of China's internal and international politics, particularly its tense relationship with the United States? Will efforts to decouple help or hinder progress in tech? Can China’s educational system produce the next generation of innovators and propel them to the forefront of technology? What effects, if any, is the Chinese government's recent tightening on tech giants having on the tech sector at large?

In this program, experts Denis Simon, Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs at Duke University, and Dan Wang, technology analyst for Gavekal Dragonomics, will be discussing the status and consequences of decoupling for the United States and China and their technological sectors.

This event is part of Shorenstein APARC's 2022 Winter webinar series, "New Frontiers: Technology, Politics, and Society in the Asia-Pacific" and of APARC's China Program's 2022 Winter webinar series, "The Future of China's Economy."