The US–China Tech War Heats Up: TikTok, Semiconductors, and SlanderBots

The US–China Tech War Heats Up: TikTok, Semiconductors, and SlanderBots
An employee makes a chip at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China, on March 17, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Commentary The U.S.–China tech war is complicated and heating up.

First, Washington is continuing to apply pressure on Beijing where it counts—by blocking its access to the most advanced global semiconductor technologies. Beijing is responding by trying to control rare minerals used in tech processes. The minerals and semiconductors that each attempts to deny the other are critical for military production.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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