Join the debate & vote: will decoupling set back China's rise as a high-tech leader?

December 14, 2020

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Will US-China Economic Decoupling set back China's emergence as a global

high-tech leader?

Tuesday, December 15

10:30am-12:15pm ET

The Trump administration has imposed restrictions on exports to leading Chinese telecom and semiconductor companies. The U.S. also has taken measures to encourage American companies to diversify their production and supply chains to reduce reliance on China. Given the interconnectedness of the global economy, these efforts could pose a challenge to the competitiveness of Chinese tech firms and manufacturers.

Matthew Turpin, Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, will argue that U.S.-China decoupling will set back China’s emergence as a global high-tech leader.

Rebecca Fannin, Founder of Silicon Dragon Ventures, will argue that U.S.-China economic decoupling will not set back China’s emergence as a global high-tech leader. 

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China Power Project Debate

CSIS, Washington, DC

DEALS, FUNDS, IPOs

Sequoia Capital and KKR are reportedly leading a funding round in Bytedance, maker of TikTok, in a deal that values the Chinese tech titan at $180 billion.

Sequoia Capital and Two Bear Capital have co-led a $33.5 million Series A funding in computer networking startup Graphiant Inc., with Atlantic Bridge joining in on the deal.

Rise Capital has invested in a $15 million, Series C financing of ecommerce company GAIA Design in Mexico, an emerging market that is following China's lead.

Tencent and CICC Capital have put $153 million in China's fresh food supermarket Yonghui Superstores.

Sequoia Capital India's Surge has invested in US-India based customer service startup Richpanel.

JD's online health business has raised $3.5 billion in a Hong Kong IPO.

A new fund, Catchlight Capital, has been formed by VC Wei Jiang to do secondary venture deals in changing US-China market.

NOTABLE

U.S. China Security Review Commission 2020 Report

"The CCP believes China faces a rare historic opportunity to establish control over a cluster of revolutionary, networked technologies. Doing so could allow Beijing to leapfrog the United States and other powerful competitors and lead in the next generation of global innovation."

Quoting the Report

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