Key players include Chinese firms (BYD, Moonshot AI, 01.AI's Lee Kai-fu), U.S. agencies (Rand Corp., USTR on IP theft, advisory commission on open-source AI), and Western leaders reacting to dominance (e.g., Canada's PM Mark Carney praising China ties). The piece by Faisal Hoque outlines CEO actions: map supply chains (82% hit by 2025 tariffs per McKinsey), track China's 2026-2030 plan, diversify suppliers/markets like Apple/Nvidia.
This stems from decades-old "China copies, doesn't innovate" myth debunked by cost-effective advances and overcapacity tactics (e.g., solar 80% control per IEA), accelerated by U.S. policy volatility post-2024 election. Newsworthy now amid 2026 U.S. withdrawals, China's five-year plan prioritizing robotics, and warnings like Ram Charan's "90% Model" book exposing subsidized dominance—urging CEOs to plan for a multipolar world as de-dollarization (China-Iran yuan trade) and pivots (UK's Starmer Beijing visit) intensify.
Search results confirm broader CEO anxiety: McKinsey notes tariff/export control surges since 2017, PwC survey shows 44% Chinese CEOs fearing survival without transformation, while Western execs report "terror" at robotic "dark factories" and regulatory risks (e.g., Mintz Group detentions).[1][2][3][5][8]