China's rapid technological advances are playing a leading role in contemporary geopolitical competition.

The United States, and many of its partners and allies, have a range of concerns about how Beijing may deploy or exploit technology in ways that challenge many of their core interests and values. While the United States has maintained its position as the technologically dominant power for decades, China has made enormous investments and implemented policies that have contributed significantly to its economic growth, military capability, and global influence. In some areas, China has eclipsed, or is on the verge of eclipsing, the United States, particularly in the rapid deployment of certain technologies. In other areas, China faces persistent challenges to closing the gap.

In the latest installment of the Brookings project "Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World," experts analyze China's growing technological reach. They explore the broad dynamics of U.S.-China technology competition, as well as China's specific progress in the development of 5G wireless technology, weapons enabled by autonomy and artificial intelligence, surveillance technologies, and more.