Tag Archive: China

Since 1990, the U.S. share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity has declined while the shares of China, South Korea, and Taiwan have increased. If carefully targeted, CHIPS for America Act incentives could reverse this trend for the types of chips that matter most to U.S. national security. In this policy brief, the author assesses how CHIPS Act incentives should be distributed across different types of chips.

Chinese and U.S. University Rankings

Jack Corrigan and Simon Rodriguez
| January 2022

The strength of a country’s talent pipeline depends in no small part on the quality of its universities. This data brief explores how Chinese and U.S. universities perform in two different global university rankings, why their standings have changed over time, and what those trends mean for graduates.

Open Source

The Wire China
| January 16, 2022

In an interview with The Wire China, CSET's Ryan Fedasiuk discusses China’s crackdown on public information and the lengths he goes to ensure his open sources remain available for his investigative research on China.

In an analysis of different countries' use of artificial intelligence to combat COVID-19, Research Analyst Emily Weinstein offers a brief highlighting China's COVID response using AI.

University talent ‘bonanza’ from crackdown on tech firms

University World News
| January 15, 2022

CSET's Anna Puglisi spoke with University World News on China's tech talent pivoting away from big tech companies and returning back to academia.

New US research-security guidelines could help unify reporting requirements

Chemical and Engineering News
| January 13, 2022

Emily Weinstein spoke with Chemical and Engineering News to discuss the Office of Science and Technology Policy's recent guidelines to implement National Security Presidential Memorandum-33.

Comparing U.S. and Chinese Contributions to High-Impact AI Research

Ashwin Acharya and Brian Dunn
| January 2022

In the past decade, Chinese researchers have become increasingly prolific authors of highly cited AI publications, approaching the global research share of their U.S. counterparts. However, some analysts question the impact of Chinese publications; are they well respected internationally, and do they cover important topics? In this data brief, the authors build on prior analyses of top AI publications to provide a richer understanding of the two countries’ contributions to high-impact AI research.

CSET Research Analyst Emily Weinstein joins the Lawfare podcast to discuss the Justice Department's China Initiative, and in particular the case of Dr. Charles Lieber.

CSET Director of Strategy Helen Toner weighs in on China's new provision banning media from using algorithms to generate fake news, disinformation, and deepfakes.

In an opinion piece for Brooking's Tech Stream Research Analyst Emily Weinstein breaks down China's technological innovation strategy in its competition with the United States.