China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong sails into Hong Kong waters as it arrives in Hong Kong on July 3, 2025. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
China is attempting to build a total-war economy through AI Plus and Military-Civil Fusion, turning civilian innovation, universities, commercial chips, and national resource policy into an integrated engine threatening U.S. national security.
Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
