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Technological rise of China: New challenges for Russia
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2020-6-104-120
Abstract
The paper discusses the trend towards the formation of a bipolar global technological space in connection with the rapid technological development of China, which over the past 15—20 years has become a global technological leader. Moreover, in many positions in the technological race, China is already ahead of the United States and offers other countries attractive forms of cooperation in mastering the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. The features of the current stage of interaction between Russia and China in the field of high technologies are analyzed, and an assessment of the risks and opportunities for Russia’s participation in the new project “Digital Silk Road”, which is becoming an important component of the Chinese “Belt and Road Initiative”, is given.
Keywords
technological power,
technological wars,
technological gap,
high technologies,
Digital Silk Road,
EAEU,
BRICS
JEL: F02, F15, O33, O38, O57
About the Author
B. A. Kheyfets
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Boris A. Kheyfets
Moscow
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For citations:
Kheyfets B.A. Technological rise of China: New challenges for Russia. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2020;(6):104-120. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2020-6-104-120
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