Made in China 2025: How Much of a Threat to West is Beijing’s Tech Plan? (SCMP)

The ‘Made in China 2025’ plan aims to break China’s reliance on foreign technology and pull its hi-tech industries up to Western levels. But it has become a lightning rod for Washington’s ire in its trade war with Beijing. This article – the first in a series on the plan – explains how it became the centre of so much attention. READ MORE

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