China’s commitment to the progress of tech innovation has caused unease in the United States, with Beijing’s continued investment in the industry standing in sharp contrast to the US government’s current shutdown and budget battles.

“When you defund [National Institutes of Health] and [National Science Foundation] and research at our universities, and when you say that people with international visas need not come here any more … you are basically hurting our technology ecosystem in a profound way,” Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, from Illinois, said in an online event with the Atlantic Council on Wednesday.

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China creates analogue AI chip said to be 1,000 times faster than Nvidia GPU

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“Our leadership is eroding because we’re not investing in ourselves,” he added, claiming the Trump administration is not working closely enough with the private sector to safeguard the tech industry.