China Pulls Ahead in Quantum Communications Security (opens in new tab)

Executive Summary: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ascribes enormous strategic potential to quantum technologies. An article by the editorial board in the latest issue of its flagship theory journal, Qiushi, describes quantum as having “immeasurable strategic significance for … promoting the leapfrog development of industries” (对于 … 推动产业跨越式发展具有不可估量的战略意义). Underscoring the Party’s competitive—and even existential—framing for […]