News Summary

• China is a dominant player in emerging technologies.
• At the same time, it is pouring resources into outcompeting the United States in artificial intelligence.
• Beijing is not only interested in mastering civilian technologies.
• It also seeks to develop the world’s premier military capabilities by integrating its civilian commercial ecosystem and defense industrial base.
• This strategy, known as military-civil fusion, draws inspiration from the U.S. military's ability to leverage commercial innovation for battlefield advantage in areas such as satellite imagery, microelectronics, and, more recently, AI-enabled decision support systems.