The greater danger for the United States is failing to recognize the true gravity of the kind of military technology race with the Chinese Communist Party that we are facing and falling behind because of our lack of urgency to run it. From President Xi Jinping down, China’s senior leaders are fully mobilized and moving with awe-inspiring speed to become the world leader in emerging technologies. They, too, seem to value the enabling potential of these technologies, and for Chinese leaders, the most important thing these technologies will enable is China’s ability to “leapfrog” the United
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