Technological Competition between China and the United States of America; transformation of political-economic relations (2015-2023)

Subject Areas : Political Sciences- International Relations

سید علی منوری ^{1 *} , Seyed Saeed Mirtorabi ² , Niloufar Ahmadi ³

1 - Associate Professor International Relations, Kharazmi University, Iran
2 - Associate Professor International Relations, Kharazmi University, Iran
3 - Graduated of International Relations, Kharazmi University, Iran

Received: 2024-07-22 Accepted : 2025-07-12 Published : 2025-06-15

Keywords: China, United States of America, High-tech, Technology Competition, Technology War,

Abstract :

After the 1949 revolution in China, the political-economic relations between China and the United States went through periods of interaction and competition to confrontation, and since 2015, the international system witnessed the escalation of tension in the relations between the two countries. In this research we have answered the question of how the intensification of the competition between China and the United States in the field of high-tech affects Has the political and economic relations of the two countries been affected in 2015-2023? The answer that has been given to this question using the descriptive-explanatory method is that the implementation of the Made in China 2025 policy in 2015 was the first stage of China's three-stage strategy to become a global leader in advanced manufacturing, through intensifying the concerns of the United States about China's leadership in the field of high-tech have intensified the tension in the political and economic relations between the two countries between 2015 to 2023.

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