China's tech companies answer Xi's Yangtze River call to arms

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from right, visits the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, on the Yangtze River near Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. (April 24, 2018, Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP) © AP

JAMES KYNGE

When the annals of how the U.S. lost its early 21st century technology battle with China come to be written, a chapter may be devoted to a visit by President Xi Jinping to the Yangtze River.

As if channeling the spirit of an ancient civilization last year, Xi stood atop the Three Gorges dam -- a potent symbol of China's progress -- and proclaimed that when it came to technology China had no choice but to blaze its own trail.

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