Why China is Struggling to Catch Up with America in Military Innovation
China's Military Innovation Constraints In recent years, China has been increasing its military spending and expanding its global influence, raising concerns among American and Canadian policymakers and analysts. While some observers see China as a rising military power that could challenge or even surpass the United States in the future, others point out that China still lags behind America in terms of military innovation, despite its efforts to emulate and adapt American weapons. In this blog, we will explore some of the reasons why China is not yet as advanced as America in military technology and what implications this has for the future of the global arms race. One of the main factors that limit China's military innovation is its dependence on foreign technology, especially American technology. China has been trying to develop its own indigenous defense industry and reduce its reliance on imports, but it still imports a significant amount of key components, subsystems, and