China is constructing a new nuclear fusion facility, alongside many other fusion projects, in a race to commercialize fusion technology. But beyond that, experts say that fusion is a marathon, not a sprint—and China is pacing itself to win.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-nuclear-fusion-reactor
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This article discusses how China’s funding strategies are more constant and secure, which helps scientific areas with slower payoff (like fusion) thrive. What can other counties learn from China’s methods?
China is pulling away with everything. Trump wants America to go back hundreds of years.
The US will continue to have a dominant military for the time being, but China is quickly pulling ahead in technology, energy, and AI, and their economy *may* catch up. Trump is ending America’s ability to compete in technology and AI advancement and as a result China’s military will be able to catch up sooner rather than later. Trumps destruction of the federal government is far more of a disaster than people can really understand IMO.
Due to Trump it’s very likely that China achieves AGI first and uses that advantage to end the US permanently.
I can say that the facility I work at that has been researching fusion just had a massive budget cut along with every other research institution in the country, so this doesn’t surprise me
Maybe? Probably? What i do know for certain is that with the current outlook I have an urge to learn how to speak Chinese
What happens if they get there and then right after other countries get there? What did they win? “First-ies!”
Gosh, if only we funded science instead of letting DoGE destroy it …