Crossed Wires: China and the US — incompatible views of a technology-led future
Daily Maverick | 05.01.2026 04:11
In early December, in a corner of Yunnan Province near the Myanmar border, something rather extraordinary happened. While most of the Western tech world was busy arguing about whether AI would take their jobs or merely make them obsolete, China quietly rolled out what amounts to a 24-year construction schedule for its view of civilisation. It was a big deal, but you wouldn’t have thought so given the paucity of coverage in the Western press.
