China’s Quantum Communication Industry Appears to Be on Verge of Failure

A seven-cubit quantum device at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, on Feb. 27, 2018. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 13th Five-Year Plan concludes this year. For the first time, quantum communications was part of the plan, and it was even listed as the second-largest strategic emerging industry and a government-sponsored research and development project.