The China Factor In The Great Progression Of The Next 25 Years

08 Oct 2025 | Abstracted from Big Think

China has transformed from rural poverty to high-tech megacities in 35 years, leading the global clean energy shift with massive EV and solar output. Yet its authoritarian model - marked by surveillance and censorship - raises concerns as it enters the AI age. The West must cooperate on climate tech but compete to ensure AI develops under democratic norms, not autocratic control.

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