A New Stage in the U.S.–China Tech War: Huawei and Other U.S. Targets

... be spent on achieving new breakthroughs, rather than on retreading a path that has already been travelled. Having said that, it will not be easy for Beijing to pursue a course of partnership and borrowing in the new political climate. In other words, China will be able to satisfy some of its needs via import substitution in the coming years, but it will not be able to replace to West entirely. Paradoxical as it may seem, but the key factor in the new tech war between the United States and China is not technology itself, but rather general trade and ...