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China’s challenge is America’s opportunity — The New York Times

China is not an innovation also-ran that prospers mainly by copying other people’s ideas and producing them quickly at low cost. The country is advancing aggressively, Dr. L. Rafael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writes.

Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/china-technology-trade-united-states.html

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