New regulations on outbound investment; Qiushi on future industries; Chip export control dysfunction; Shangri-La Dialogue; EU-China
China's strategic pivot toward six future industries (quantum, biomanufacturing, hydrogen, brain-computer interfaces, embodied intelligence, 6G) signals accelerated technological competition in domains critical to military and economic dominance, with implications for Australian industrial resilience and technological decoupling. Australia's capacity to compete or maintain independence in these sectors directly affects Pillar 3 (Industrial Base) and Pillar 5 (Decoupling), particularly if Chinese advances in AI-adjacent embodied intelligence and 6G outpace Western capabilities.
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