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Re:China speeds ahead of U.S. as quantum race escalates, wor... by Florin_Andrei on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:13PM (#15536072)
My bet is that there is someone, or some group, at a very, very high level in the Chinese government, who understand that these (quantum science, AI) are superhot science and technology areas, and agree that investments right now would pay off extremely well in the future.

Central planning has downsides - but apparently some advantages too.

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Re:China speeds ahead of U.S. as quantum race escalates, wor... by nopinsight on Monday October 23, 2017 @10:34PM (#15538779)
Many of their top leaders have engineering background. Xi Jinping himself studied chemical engineering. Those who studied liberal arts often have very strong academic records or a PhD. Li Keqiang, the premier, is an economics PhD.
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