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US-China Technological Warfare
Research Guide
What is US-China Technological Warfare?
US-China Technological Warfare refers to the strategic competition between the United States and China in AI, semiconductors, and digital infrastructure, marked by trade restrictions and innovation decoupling.
This subtopic analyzes US-led restrictions on Chinese firms like Huawei and their global supply chain impacts (Ryan and Burman, 2024, 19 citations). It covers geopolitical implications for third parties such as Russia and the EU (Dementiev, 2022, 10 citations; Данилин et al., 2022, 2 citations). Over 30 papers explore tech decoupling effects since 2021.
Why It Matters
US export controls on semiconductors disrupted Huawei's 5G dominance, forcing global firms to diversify suppliers (Ryan and Burman, 2024). Russia's digital economy faces risks from US-China dominance, limiting its tech autonomy (Dementiev, 2022). EU-China tensions over AI and infrastructure reveal vulnerabilities in transatlantic alliances (Abramo and Campbell-Mohn, 2021; Данилин et al., 2022). These dynamics reshape global innovation, with decoupling raising costs by 20-30% in affected sectors.
Key Research Challenges
Quantifying Decoupling Impacts
Measuring economic costs of US chip bans on China remains imprecise due to opaque supply chains (Ryan and Burman, 2024). Studies lack longitudinal data on innovation losses (Данилин, 2021). Standardized metrics for tech interdependence are absent.
Third-Party Geopolitical Risks
Russia's position under US-China digital rivalry involves balancing trade with both powers (Dementiev, 2022). EU faces investment screening dilemmas amid pandemic-accelerated shifts (Данилин et al., 2022). Neutrality strategies yield unclear outcomes.
AI Development Asymmetries
Comparisons of US, China, and EU AI strategies overlook regulatory divergences (Abramo and Campbell-Mohn, 2021). Data access barriers hinder balanced assessments (Данилин, 2021). Forecasting dominance requires integrated models.
Essential Papers
The <scp>United States–China</scp> ‘tech war’: Decoupling and the case of Huawei
Maria Ryan, Stephen Burman · 2024 · Global Policy · 19 citations
Abstract This paper offers an analysis of US strategy in the unfolding United States–China ‘tech war’ and its consequences. We argue that a tech war is now underway, and that Washington is the driv...
Prospects for Russia Under the Digital Domination of China and the United States
V. E. Dementiev · 2022 · Studies on Russian Economic Development · 10 citations
The article discusses the opportunities and risks for Russia in a situation where China and the United States are claiming world leadership in the development of digital technologies. It is shown t...
The U.S.-China Technological War
И. В. Данилин · 2021 · Russia in Global Affairs · 9 citations
The technological war, or Tech War, as part of the geopolitical conflict between the United States and China raises a range of questions for researchers, the most important one being the role of di...
European Union – China in the Changing World Composition
И. В. Данилин, Yuri Kvashnin, Sergey Kislitsyn et al. · 2022 · World Economy and International Relations · 2 citations
By 2021, the nature of the key factors that will determine the dynamics of the EU–China relations in the medium term has become clearer. The pandemic accelerated many ongoing processes in the world...
The Forgotten Third: A Comparison of China, US, and the European Union’s AI Development
Théo Abramo, Emma Campbell-Mohn · 2021 · Journal of Student Research · 1 citations
In the 21st century, great power competition dominates the field of international relations. Much has been written about the US and China rivalry for technological dominance, specifically in artifi...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
No pre-2015 papers available; start with Данилин (2021, 9 citations) for core tech war framework.
Recent Advances
Ryan and Burman (2024, 19 citations) for Huawei case; Dementiev (2022) for Russia implications; Abramo and Campbell-Mohn (2021) for EU AI comparisons.
Core Methods
Case studies of firm sanctions (Ryan and Burman, 2024), geopolitical risk assessments (Dementiev, 2022), and comparative strategy analyses (Abramo and Campbell-Mohn, 2021).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research US-China Technological Warfare
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find decoupling analyses like 'The United States–China ‘tech war’: Decoupling and the case of Huawei' (Ryan and Burman, 2024), then citationGraph reveals 19 citing works on Huawei bans. findSimilarPapers expands to Russia-focused papers (Dementiev, 2022).
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract Huawei sanction timelines from Ryan and Burman (2024), then runPythonAnalysis with pandas visualizes citation networks. verifyResponse via CoVe cross-checks claims against Данилин (2021), with GRADE scoring evidence strength on trade impacts.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in third-party analyses (e.g., EU AI strategies per Abramo and Campbell-Mohn, 2021), flags contradictions between Dementiev (2022) and Данилин et al. (2022). Writing Agent uses latexEditText for policy briefs, latexSyncCitations for bibliographies, and latexCompile for reports with exportMermaid diagrams of tech decoupling flows.
Use Cases
"Analyze economic impacts of US semiconductor bans on Huawei using Python stats."
Research Agent → searchPapers('Huawei decoupling') → Analysis Agent → readPaperContent(Ryan 2024) → runPythonAnalysis(pandas on sanction data) → matplotlib export of cost curves.
"Write a LaTeX review on US-China AI rivalry including EU comparisons."
Synthesis Agent → gap detection(Abramo 2021) → Writing Agent → latexEditText(structure sections) → latexSyncCitations(Dementiev 2022, Данилин 2021) → latexCompile(PDF output).
"Find GitHub repos linked to US-China tech war simulations."
Research Agent → searchPapers('tech war models') → Code Discovery → paperExtractUrls → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect(economic decoupling scripts).
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow scans 50+ papers on Huawei bans via searchPapers → citationGraph → structured report with GRADE scores (Ryan and Burman, 2024 as anchor). DeepScan's 7-step chain verifies third-party risks: readPaperContent(Dementiev 2022) → CoVe → runPythonAnalysis on rivalry metrics. Theorizer generates hypotheses on EU neutrality from Данилин et al. (2022) contradictions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines US-China Technological Warfare?
It involves US restrictions on Chinese tech firms in AI, semiconductors, and 5G, leading to decoupling (Ryan and Burman, 2024).
What methods analyze tech decoupling?
Case studies of Huawei sanctions and supply chain modeling assess impacts (Ryan and Burman, 2024; Данилин, 2021).
What are key papers?
Ryan and Burman (2024, 19 citations) on Huawei; Dementiev (2022, 10 citations) on Russia; Данилин (2021, 9 citations) on tech war roles.
What open problems exist?
Quantifying long-term innovation losses and third-party strategies like EU AI positioning remain unresolved (Abramo and Campbell-Mohn, 2021; Данилин et al., 2022).
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