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In China, the CCP Leads the Technological Revolution

Beijing has chosen a centralized approach to the creation of technological advances, raising many questions about the ultimate success of the effort.
In China, the CCP Leads the Technological Revolution
A security guard stands next to models of Chinese rockets on display at the 64th International Astronautical Congress in Beijing on Sep. 24, 2013. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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True to communist practice, China has bet its technological future on centralized direction. To be sure, the country can boast several impressive private tech startups, notably the artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer, DeepSeek.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”