The West Must Prepare for Technological Decoupling from China: Experts

The West Must Prepare for Technological Decoupling from China: Experts
Exhibitors from US tech giant Intel at a booth at Computex Taipei, Asia's biggest information technology and communications trade fair, on May 31, 2011. Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
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The technological basis of information systems throughout the West and China are increasingly decoupling, becoming separate and mutually unintelligible, according to a new report. Western nations will have to do more to prepare for the consequences, according to experts.

“Cybersecurity collaboration among like-minded governments and private sector companies in the West has to be more than just simply linking [security certificates] when crises happen,” said former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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