US must act quickly to counter China's growing tech progress, lawmakers told
China is an existential threat to the United States, and Washington needs to slow Chinese momentum and accelerate US technological advances or fall well behind the Asian giant, witnesses told lawmakers at a Congressional round table. Analysts pointed to expanding technology alliances as a key countermeasure.
Witnesses told lawmakers at a Congressional round table that China poses an existential threat to the United States. They said Washington needs to slow Chinese technological momentum and accelerate its own advances, or risk falling well behind the Asian giant.
Among the possible strategies analysts pointed to was expanding the so-called Silicon Shield — an approach aimed at removing China from semiconductor supply chains — to cover drones and other critical technologies.
Other recommendations raised at the round table included calls to speed up US bureaucratic processes and deepen technology cooperation with allies. The discussion underscored continuing bipartisan concern in Washington over the pace of technological competition with Beijing.
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