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ORAC
What is not discussed is the broad scale of the Chinese effort, it is not only in this area, but really across the waterfront in the physical sciences. They are now world leaders in quantum applications such as secure cryptography and their people can be found as contributors or authors of pretty much every significant paper on the topic.
While they are still reliant on Western academic institutes for their framework, they are obviously building up their domestic institutions as well. Meanwhile, they have become the workshop of the world, so they have the industrial base to exploit their innovations.