China and Space - The Final Frontier?

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"It's going to take a long time to turn the ship around from the current pretty a scary, franky situation on geo politics," he says. "For both sides, you know, the china and the us. Need each other more than they care to admit." He adds that China is willing to adhere itself to this kind of audacious goals - even if it takes 30 years for them to get there. 'I've been very cheered by the fact that i saw change very, very rapidly in the past decade when i was there'

Who do you think the Chinese government considers its biggest rival? The United States, right? Actually, the Chinese government considers its biggest rival to be its own technology companies.

It's China's tech companies who threaten its capacity to build a competitive China. That's why the Chinese government is cracking down on social media — for example, by limiting the number of hours youth can play video games, and banning cell phone use in schools. China's restrictions on social media use may be autocratic, but may also protect users more than what we see coming from the US government.

It’s a complicated picture.

This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're having a surprising conversation about technology in China. Here to give us a fresh take are two guests: investor, analyst, and co-host of the Tech Buzz China podcast Rui Ma, and China internet expert and author of Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, Duncan Clark.