China has been and will continue to be authoritarian. Thier interests in tech is control. They need to control information. As a secondary objective, they want

China has been and will continue to be authoritarian. Thier interests in tech is control. They need to control information. As a secondary objective, they want to see China's tech market expand so they can become more than the West's supplier of cheap labor-intensive goods. Brain drain is a concern, but the world's most populous country will always be a target, especially as the new rich enjoy sending thier kids to get Western educations. Something that should be apparently to is with the recent political events in the US is that when you control the media, you can control the narrative and to some extent the culture. Cons had far more control over this than any faction in America. Much of the early education is geared towards civil responsibility. We also know that China isn't above flexing it's authoritarian muscle. Gifted students in math and science are often shanghaied (heh) into schools designed to feed thier own tech sector and PLA Unit 61398