Chinese Experts Rejecting Claim by Pentagon that US is Lagging Behind on Key Dual-Use Technologies

(SG.News.Yahoo) Chinese experts have rejected the claim by a senior Pentagon official that the US is lagging behind China in some key dual-use technologies.
Michael Brown, director of the US Department of Defence’s innovation unit, said at a seminar earlier this week that China was either competitive or catching up in the areas of hypersonics, artificial intelligence, quantum sciences, 5G mobile networks, genetic engineering, and space.
Chinese experts said China’s progress had been exaggerated and many of its achievements were only partial successes so far.
Brown claims China was “already ahead of the US in quantum sciences” – citing the Chinese launch in 2016 of Micius, the world’s first quantum communications satellite. China had also made more launches into space than the US in 2018 as it speeded up its space programme, he said.
Ni Lexiong, a Shanghai-based military commentator, said Brown had his own agenda in making his comments. “The US military wants more budget, more new equipment, more new R&D projects. And the theory of a China threat is, of course, a handy excuse,” Ni said.