How China has grown by leading in AI , Technology and Communications

From imitator to innovator

China has adopted AI and Technology and in the last 12 years has transformed itself into a juggernaut with DeepSeek. Temu. TikTok - and many others China Tech Is Starting to Pull Ahead.

 China is no longer  a backwater - but the most technologically advanced nation in the world.

As Napoleon said 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚

Interesting post from Eric Schmidt - Former Chairman and CEO of Google 

In 2023, I visited Beijing with Henry Kissinger on his final trip. A lot has changed on the ground since then. When Selina Xu from my team visited earlier this year, the signs of advancements in Chinese tech were everywhere, from #DeepSeek to drones delivering food to electric cars whizzing past on the streets. 

More optimism was in the air too, despite the uncertainty of the trade war.

We wrote an essay, now live on The New York Times, about how America should reckon with China’s growing lead in technology, especially in AI. 

Read it here:  https://lnkd.in/e4N5BEQx

It’s not hard to imagine teens worldwide hooked on Chinese apps and AI companions, with autonomous Chinese-made agents organizing our lives, and businesses with services and products powered by Chinese models.

In a dozen years, China has gone from a ‘copycat nation’ to a juggernaut with world-class products that have at times leapfrogged those in the West. Along the way, the country also cultivated an abundance of STEM talent, robust supply chains, incredible manufacturing heft, and a domestic ecosystem so brutally competitive that the only way to survive is to never stop iterating.

This future is already arriving—unless America gets its act together - it may get left behind !!

#AI #China #tech #tariffs #

Some comments

• Whoever can iterate and innovate will lead the trend 

• Maybe their political system has some merit?

• Mobile Payments & Digital Wallets - WeChat Pay & Alipay launched in China in 2013 | Apple Pay & Google Pay 2016–2017—4 to 6 YEARS later. 

2. QR Code Payments - China & Korea’s retail industry has used QR codes for payments since 2011 | WeChat Pay and Alipay universal in 2014 | U.S. stores didn’t widely accept QR payments until 2020

3. AI-Integrated Super Apps - WeChat, QQ, and Line became super apps in Asia by 2015 | U.S. trying X (Twitter)—but failing

4. Augmented Reality (AR) Shopping & Virtual Try-Ons - Alibaba launched AR-powered shopping in 2017 | Korea’s Lotte & China’s JD com in 2018 | Amazon and Walmart are JUST NOW testing AR shopping in 2024

5. AI-Powered Facial Recognition & ID Verification - China’s national facial recognition system in 2015. Singapore and Korea in 2017 | U.S. JUST STARTED testing in 2023

6. AI-Powered Digital Bank & FinTech Revolution 2017

7. Adaptive AI & Personalized Learning Platforms 2017

8. Fully Automated AI-Run Factories 2016

9. AI-Powered AR/VR Ecosystems 2018

• Samuel Decio 

they have passed us in many mainstream technological applications like payments for train and subway access and seamless Internet. They had a greater percent of hybrid/EV cars then and it's accelerating. It was nice to travel around with no litter, crime and a society that was peaceful and motivated.  

And more..... 

• Bruce Guile

The challenge is not to “beat” China but to continue to benefit from their rise and investment — and make our own material contribution to US and global prosperity —without losing the freedoms, human rights, and unique can-do spirit that has buoyed America for the last 200+ years.  America alone, or in competition for some elusive “first place,” IS a recipie for decline.

• Francis Zhou 

if one nation, more than 30% of people are learning to improve, then they will grow.  

• James Schauer

This notion that 'inexpensive Solar Panels, EVs and great AI' is somehow 'detrimental' is a bit upside down. The fact that people are 'making great stuff' is an opportunity for everyone ... if we can work it out; unfortunately we're inclined to view 'success' as 'threat' which is not good.

• VGV VG Vignesh 

Big 📍 Pin pointed lessons & prescriptions there not only for US but for India also Sir..

Eric Schmidt🏌️🙏

"COPY CAT NATION" is aptly put, given their track record in Reverse Engineering, IP Thefts, Source Code hijacks (🤣), BBS Model (Beg, Borrow, Steal) and then beat all the competitors BRUTALLY ..

via 

Economies of Scale & Scope initiating a Global Price War (BYD crushing TESLA being the latest !!)

Business is WAR in its purest sense.. 🏹🏹

In Love, War & Business only OUTCOMES matter and the end justifies the means even if it means hijacking the "Source Code" 😎😎

The key lessons and take aways for India from the above are

1. Cultivate & Create ABUNDANCE of STEM 

    talent..

2. Produce "World Class Products" not Fancy 

    Ice Creams & Cup Cakes 😂🍹..

3. Brutal & Robust Manufacturing Heft..

4. Huge FOREX Reserves a.k.a War Chest @ 

    USD 3 Tn.. ++ to cushion any stunning 

    surprises that POTUS DJT 🏌️ will keep 

    pumping !!

5. Big Bang Approach to Rural Development & 

    Tourism..

India really needs Economic TRANSFORMATION not Economic TINKERING !!

GoI + All States + 140 Crore People must all PULL in one direction.

India needs a benevolent DICTATOR akin to Lee Kuan Yew @ Singapore or atleast a two party democracy like the USA...

Lee Kuan Yew had explained this issue very well long ago..

An IDEA whose time will come..

🙏🇮🇳💙

• Jack MA’s masterclass 

• Roger Morgan quotes Professor Andrew Fisher 

When asked about the global future of science and technology, he noted that a fair valuation on the wealth of a nation was on the patents they file. 

….At the start of the last century, it was Europe that was powerhouse, then massively overtaken by the USA, now it’s China who are moving ahead at an accelerating rate. 

Interesting to see what happens globally next.

• Eugene Tukerev

Emm, copycat nation?.. Here’s a list of Chinese inventions used worldwide:

• Papermaking

• Printing

• Compass

• Gunpowder

• Porcelain

• Paper money

• Silk production

• Tea cultivation

• Seismograph

• Matches

• Toothbrush

• Kites

• Abacus

• Alcoholic beverages

• Row crop farming

• Umbrella

• Acupuncture

• Wheelbarrow

• Suspension bridge

• Mechanical clock

Oh, and I had to use Perplexity to get that list.

• Marenco Kemp

 "scarcity brings clarity" -  whenever one has to do more with less - innovation and growth thrive !

. Thanks to US sanctions, China has taken this to another level and will continue to do so.

• Matthias Schuller 

Will U.S. tariffs and export controls accelerste China's technological ascent.China's substantial investments in R&D, particularly in AI and semiconductors, coupled with its strategic shift towards self-reliance, are fostering a robust innovation ecosystem. The nation’s focus on indigenous innovation and diversification of trade partnerships signals long-term ambition, not short-term reaction.

Eric Schmidt’s post