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Why China’s Tech Dominance Is Not Inevitable

Technologist Dan Wang on the impact of U.S. sanctions on Beijing.

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When Antony Blinken visited Beijing last month, it was the first such mission to China by a sitting U.S. secretary of state since 2018. Contrast that with the Obama administration, when then-Secretary Hillary Clinton went to China seven times in just under four years.

Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Twitter: @RaviReports

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