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China is weaponising chronopolitics by turning time into an instrument of national power. From BeiDou and the National Time Service Center to the international standards that define the length of a second, precision timekeeping has become a new domain of strategic competition.

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) currently leads in the application of quantum technologies, especially secure communications network infrastructure, while the United States remains stronger in foundational research breakthroughs.

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Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project, which broke ground in July, is set to become the world’s largest hydropower installation.