(B) Science, Technology and Innovation

By Arthur Herman – The story told how China’s Zuchongzhi programmable quantum computer had surpassed Google’s best quantum computer in solving the kind of complex problem that would stump even the fastest supercomputers, such as factorizing large numbers. The announcement is one more indication that China is on track to achieve what every cybersecurity expert fears, and every politician outside Beijing should fear: the creation of a large-scale quantum computer that is able to break into every public encryption system currently in existence. Read More

By Arthur Herman – Today we are in a new space race, this time with China. And our economic and national security both are at serious risk…If China becomes the dominant space power in the next two decades, that will put in Beijing’s hands the future of global telecommunications,…as well as the application of space satellites and technology for strategic and military use. Read More

WSJ Editorial Board – A new Heritage Foundation report warns about declining U.S. naval and air power. …The truth is that U.S. hard power isn’t what it used to be. That’s the message of the Heritage Foundation’s 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength, ….Heritage rates the U.S. military as “weak” and “at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests.” The weak rating, down from “marginal” a year earlier, is the first in the index’s nine-year history. Read More