Tech war: Beijing will come out of decoupling worse off than the US, say Chinese academics

China will suffer a greater loss than the United States from “tech decoupling” and trails its rival in key areas, Chinese academics have warned.

In a report published by Peking University’s Institute of International and Strategic Studies on Sunday, researchers compared the development of China and the US in areas of competition between the two, including information technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and space and aerospace technology.