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Quick Take | Ding Xuexiang’s impossible position

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China’s number one strategic imperative is to become more self-sufficient in core technologies.
But the man tasked with making progress on tech self-sufficiency – newly appointed tech czar Ding Xuexiang – appears to be a relatively weak actor.

We explain why in the Quick Take below.

Xi Jinping has...