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The tech race
Research, patents, chips, satellites and data centres: who now leads the technologies that shape the next decade.
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China now leads research in 57 of 64 critical technologies
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China files six times as many international patents as in 2010
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Nearly half of top AI researchers studied in China
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China's research spending rose from 12% to 88% of America's
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China spends more importing chips than crude oil
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Four tech giants spent $358 billion on infrastructure in 2025
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Two in three working satellites are now Starlinks
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Ireland's data centres now use more power than its city homes