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Wang: China will not implode; US-China competition is a long-term grind
“There is no implosion. When one side is ahead, the other side will overstep, and then the, then, and then they'll need to catch up. And so I want to say that there is no winner here. There is no loser here. It's not a race. Nobody gets to hit the win button. A…”
Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:02:13 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?
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Wang: U.S.-China competition will last decades, unresolvable by AI alone
“What I want to say is that the competition, I believe, between the U.S. And China will Last for decades. It will not be solved or resolved through any single technology, not even a technology as crucial as artificial intelligence.”
Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 42:59 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?
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Wang: Military conflict between China and Taiwan is not imminent or inevitable
“In his view, the their conflict between Beijing and Taipei is not imminent and not inevitable, and that's kind of my view.”
Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 59:06 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?
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Wang: China's demographic contraction is a 50-year problem, not 5-year crisis
“Yeah, I think that China's demographic situation is a problem more in the next 50 years rather than the next five years.”
Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:00:59 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?
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