Washington is so worried about Beijing developing hypersonic weapons that the Trump administration cited the possibility as one reason for banning another 27 Chinese organizations from doing business with US suppliers of AI and advanced computing tech.
The flight of Feitian-2 was therefore a further demonstration of China’s ability to develop advanced technologies despite US bans.
This pairs well, for discussion at least, with another headline from today:
China Used to Emulate America. Now the Reverse Is True. aka America and China Are Becoming More Alike Every Day
In the great dance between the two rivals, it’s getting harder to tell which of them is leading and which is following.
defrost•3h ago
China Used to Emulate America. Now the Reverse Is True. aka America and China Are Becoming More Alike Every Day
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opinion/america-china-sim...- https://archive.md/iDI2x
( The first headline is the NYT RSS feed headline for the article, the second is the web headline for the same article )