Chinese public investment in quantum computing. China's *disclosed* public investment in quantum is around 3 to 4 times the cumulative U.S. private investment. Yeah. And that's only the announced commitment for major projects. McKinsey thinks it might be $150 billion across the latest 5-year plan. And that could be a gaping underestimate!
Results mostly undisclosed. We have no real idea what breakthroughs have or have not happened, are on the verge of happening, or anything much else about what's going on there really.
Just think of what happens when the world gets its first 2k logical qubit quantum computer (or qubit alternative if qubits are not in fact the best way to go), whatever country it happens to be in. Especially if this happens sooner rather than later. What an insane chaos lever to be able to pull, and we'll likely be nowhere near ready when it gets pulled. Like what Y2K was goofily made out to be—but real this time!
