Collision course: Will US-China tech race spin out of control?

The Cold War had the space race. But this is different. How will US allies like South Korea - chipmakers in their own right - react? Can democracies really decouple from a China that's still the world’s factory?

The Covid-19 pandemic forced a reckoning on the West's overdependence on made-in-China goods for its essentials. Now, as the US heads into an election cycle, and as an ageing China grapples with a slowing economy, the forecast calls for finger-pointing. But what is the way forward?

Produced by Charles Wente, Laura Welfringer and Imen Mellaz.

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