William Bratton is author of "China's Rise, Asia's Decline." He was previously head of equity research, Asia-Pacific, at HSBC.
Much of the current Western debate on the future of Asian geopolitics suffers from three major limitations.
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A staff member looks at a robot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai in July 2020: China is emerging as the primary technological innovator and supplier. © Reuters
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