Jeff Huggins is president of Cailabs, U.S. Inc.
Ten years ago, a technological advance in China was a technological advance everywhere. Countries were far more willing to exchange information freely, and despite historic and ever present tensions and disputes, a more collaborative spirit was operating in many ways within the global community. Those days are over. Now, distrust and competition prevail. The geopolitical scene is much changed. Governments jealously guard their secrets, and are apt to approach disclosures of technological or scientific advances strategically. Historians like Niall Ferguson say a second Cold War, this time between the U.S. and China, is already underway.
