The sudden appearance of Deepseek did not surprise those who followed China vigorously. In fact, recent studies cope with clear signals. In August 2024, the Institute of Strategic Policy of Australia reported: “China and the United States have effective changed places such as” the leader too casual in just two decades. “The report revealed that China leads in 57 of the 64 critical technologies, with the United States that only accumulated a dimenching in 7. In addition, Chinese research institutions produced nine times more high -impact research work than the second classified).
Two months later, in October 2024, the list of indices of nature 10 research institutions worldwide. Seven Chinese institutions had entered the upper list. The China Academy of Sciences displaced Harvard University, which fell to second place. And Stanford University was surpassed from Top 10.
Relevant Chinese history
China’s scientific and technological ambitions have deep historical roots. In 1793, the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty rejected British diplomatic gifts, which included advanced English brass cannons. These cannons were much more advanced than the Chinese weapons. In his arrogance, he declared: “There is no need to import manufacturers of external barbarians.” It was having disastrous consequences. In half a century later, Great Britain would attack China again with much higher armament, humiliation in the first opium war (1839-1842).
A century later, in 1949, the Chinese revolution strengthened. Mao inherited a redundant technological nation. He tried to avoid Qianlong’s mistakes. Aligning with the USSR, Mao directed the rapid industrialization. Just two months after taking power, he with Stalin in Moscow to ensure modern factories, send Chinese students to Soviet universities and ask the Soviet advisors to manage China’s economic transition.
China under Mao was modernized. But, the tectonic change took place under Deng Xiaoping, who broke out in 1978. It is considered the “architect of modern China.” His famous phrase “hide their abilities and wait for your time” and continue with Shapechina’s strategies.
The success of the reference to global domination in the science and technology systems of long -term strategic planning. In part, this was the result of China’s penetration of the main scientific institutions worldwide. As of 2021, there were 2356 education programs of the Us-China Joint. China finances 1413 Think Tanks, financing $ 400 million annually. American universities have become increasingly dependent on Chinese investments. Since 2013, China has been the largest source of foreign donations to American universities, contributing more than $ 426 million in donations and contracts. The plan of thousands of successful talents recruits Chinese researchers for avant -garde work in foreign universities.
The centrality of microchips
In his book a year without ‘Made in China’, the American journalist Sara Bongioni discovered that everything is made in China. However, high -end microchips are an exception. China has had to import powerful chips, spend more on the issue than in oil: $ 260 billion in 2017, more than Saudi Arabia oil exports or Germany car exports.
In October 2022, the Biden administration imposed a prohibition of microchip exports to China. This prohibition has been described as a ‘declaration of economic war’, indicating the Second Cold War not declared. That is because A, it is crucial for the next wave of war, it will depend on the technology of Nuevo Chip. The war of the future will involve robot armies, unmanned drones, hypersonic missiles and strategic planning promoted by AI. The “New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan for China” sought to make a world leader in AI for 2030, and China is already there.
There is another sociocultural phenomenon that China has and India does not. The super rich of China invests massively in education, science and technology. “It is politically correct to invest in science and technology,” says Donald Dai, Chinese Technology Executive. China’s philanthropy list in China in China, a Hurun Research Institute report found that 70 percent of the country’s main donors prioritized education. The Magnate of the Zhong Shanshan drinks is spending 40 billion yuan to establish the University of Qiantag, Cao Dewang, the Fuyao group, is spending US $ 10 billion for the University of Science and Technology of Fuyao (Fyust). The list is long and the goal is unwavering.
Ostrich in the sand
In India, these developments have received little media attention. The main Indian media have constantly ignored scientific and technological advances. Indian policy formulators have ignored the need to address China’s growing technological dominance. Instead of increasing science and technology education. India has made a strange and regressive decision to eliminate key scientific concepts from school textbooks, such as the periodic table, the theory of evolution, electromagnetism and the use of sustainable resources. These movements essentially degrade the science of 38 million Indian schoolchildren, a technological hara-kiri.
Nehruvian efforts
Jawaharlal Nehru understood the vital role of science in the construction of the nation. Nehru understood that in our context, the Indian government had to finance science and technology. His plan for modern India had two pillars: first, to create world class institutions in India. His visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1949 led to the establishment of Indian Technology Institutes (IIT), starting with Kharagpur (1950), Bombay (1958), Madras (1959) and Kanpur (1959). Nehru also created state scientific institutions such as the Atomic Energy Department (1954), the Atomic Research Center of Bhabha (1954), the Indian Space Research Organization (1962) and the Council of Scientist and Industrial).
Secondly, Nehru recruited the brightest scientific minds in India -vikram Sarabhai, CV Raman, Homi J. Bhabha, SS Bhatnagar and others, to direct the tesitions.
Relevance of the Nehruvian science and technology paradigm
Nehru understood that colonial subjugation was a direct result of scientific backwardness. He knew that India could not afford to be left behind in the global career of science and technology. It is crucial that the policy and intellectual formulators of India recognize the Nehruvian paradigms sooner rather than later. The world’s technological panorama is emerging at unprecedented speeds, and India cannot afford to remain passive.
Discharge of responsibility
The opinions expressed above are the author’s own.
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