Why the Chinese Military Struggles to Take Advantage of New Technology Sam Bresnick December 31, 2024 Commemorating Martyrs’ Day in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, September 2024 Sam Bresnick is a Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. China is betting big on military artificial intelligence. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made the technology a strategic priority, and the People’s Liberation Army is pouring resources into the development of state-of-the-art AI-enabled military capabilities. Chinese defense experts believe that these technologies will offer the PLA the best chance to equal, or surpass, the warfighting capacity of the U.S. armed forces. Beijing’s plans and actions have unsettled many observers in Washington, some of whom worry that China is catching up to the United States, or even leaping ahead. There […]
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